Florida nightclub shooting

[Lucy]

Florida nightclub shooting: injuries reported at Pulse, Orlando

• Local media report up to 20 injured in Florida nightclub shooting
• Pulse nightclub told customers on Facebook to "get out of Pulse and keep running."
• Reports of gunman holding hostages

People on Pulse's Facebook page are reporting that the shooter opened fire around 2am local time.

One user, Ricardo Almodovar, wrote: "I was there. Shooter opened fire @ around 2:00am. People on the dance floor and bar got down on the floor and some of us who were near the bar and back exit managed to go out through the outdoor area and just ran. I am safely home and hoping everyone gets home safely as well

Another user, Jordan Hubler, wrote: "There was a shooter with an assault rifle who shot up the people in the club sometime around 2am. The club is reported to have been at full capacity. The shooter has himself barricaded inside Pulse with multiple hostages.

Article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-pulse-orland/

[Chris]

Just seen this in the news, it's terrible. Hopefully there are no deaths from it.

[Empired]

God the US gun violence statistics in that article you posted are disgusting.

I hope for the best but it'd be a miracle if everyone makes it out alive If it happened 2am there, is that like 4/5 hours ago?

[GoldenMerc]

Going to assume it's because it's in a gay nightclub


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[Chris]

BBC news reporting at least 20 dead and 42 injured. What a sad world we live in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/36510272

[buttons]

BBC news reporting at least 20 dead and 42 injured. What a sad world we live in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/36510272

shit really? earlier reports just saying around 20 injured, so wasn't actually expecting much death if any! RIP

[Brad]

I just scrolled passed this on Facebook. Scary that this can literally happen at anytime any where. Sending positive juju to the families of those who died.

[Plebings]

Going to assume it's because it's in a gay nightclub


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does sound likely to be a lgbt hatecrime. kenya michaels from drag race was performing there last night, but she has been reported safe. still, awful, awful news...

[Lucy]

does sound likely to be a lgbt hatecrime. kenya michaels from drag race was performing there last night, but she has been reported safe. still, awful, awful news...

It's horrible to read, the FBI and local police are classifying it as an act of terrorism, whether that be islamic, homophobic or something else according to the Telegraph article.

- Around 20 people have been killed in a mass shooting in Orlando
- Gunman opened fire at Pulse gay nightclub around 2am
- Police classing it as "act of terrorism" - unclear if homophobic, Islamist or unrelated
- Gunman held 30 people hostage for three hours
- Police stormed the building and the gunman died
- Orlando police to update at 9:30am (2:30pm in UK)

[buttons]

50 dead now according to reports and gunman identified http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016..._fb-sf28516004 wow!