NBC News said Salman told federal agents she tried to talk her husband out of carrying out the attack. Mateen’s father, Seddique Mateen, told reporters his son had never mentioned being homosexual. A former wife of Mateen, who was a security guard, has said he was mentally unstable and beat her. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which received a briefing on the attack on Tuesday. The source told Reuters that a federal grand jury had been convened and could charge Omar Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman, as early as Wednesday.

Source: Indian Express June 15, 2016 01:52 UTC