A day after the terror in Orlando, we will continue to gather details of the incident that the investigation reveals.
The gun battle that killed Orlando nightclub shooting suspect Omar Mateen began after the gunman emerged through a hole that a police armored vehicle had made in the building to rescue hostages.
Orlando Police Chief John Mina told reporters Monday, “The suspect came out of that hole himself … and engaged in a gun battle with officers, where he was ultimately killed.”
Police crisis negotiators tried to negotiate with Orlando nightclub shooting suspect Omar Mateen during the attack.
“He was cool and calm when he was making those phone calls to us,” Mina said. “We had a team of crisis negotiators that did talk to the suspect just trying to get as much information as possible. … He really wasn’t asking for a whole lot. We were doing most of the asking.”
Authorities have identified 49 victims of the shooting at an Orlando nightclub. The 50th victim was the shooter. They have notified the next of kin of 24 of them.