Cautioning repeatedly that the information was tentative, Nelson confirmed that the shooter was from Fort Pierce, Florida, all but affirming that the attacker was Mateen. The suspect in the shooting that killed 50 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando early on Sunday morning is believed to be a US citizen of Afghan heritage named as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man from Florida. The shooting, the worst such mass attack in modern US history, left at least 50 dead and 53 injured, according to police. “But I might say that is not official.”A picture from social media believed to show Omar Mateen. Authorities in Port St Lucie, Florida, about an hour and a half south of Orlando, descended on the home on Southwest Bayshore Boulevard where Mateen lived.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2016 16:52 UTC