The producer who took the call said that Mr. Mateen proclaimed allegiance to the Islamic State, as he did when talking with the police. Mr. Mateen used both an assault rifle and a handgun in the attack. Over the course of several hours after Omar Mateen attacked the Pulse nightclub and took hostages, he told police negotiators that he planned to strap bombs to four people, Mayor Buddy Dyer said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAgent Hopper would not say whether Mr. Mateen actually had any explosives. “We had independent verification of that,” Mr. Dyer said.

Source: New York Times June 15, 2016 17:55 UTC