Omar Mateen's father -- Seddiduq Mateen -- claims that his son was rather calm the day before he went on the killing rampage; says had he known his son was going to commit such a heinous crime, he would have arrested Mateen himself. Comey noted that al-Nusra is "a group in conflict with the so-called Islamic State." In Fort Pierce's close-knit Muslim community of about 100 families, Mateen was known as quiet with few friends. The two also attended the same school, Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, the southeast Florida city where Mateen also lived. A half hour into the nightclub siege, at 2:30 a.m., Mateen telephoned a police hotline and quickly hung up.

Source: dna June 14, 2016 07:11 UTC