People were screaming and falling and the shots wouldn’t stop. “And then you hear people start screaming, the sound doesn’t stop and people start falling, you realise it’s not a show any more. Just like any other Saturday night the music was booming as hundreds of young revellers danced into the early hours. As some 30 people scrambled to safety Mateen came out shooting, police said, and was immediately killed when several officers fired at him. I didn’t look back.” He said three of his friends were hit by bullets but none suffered life-threatening injuries.

Source: The Guardian June 13, 2016 04:47 UTC