THE SKY
FOR US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU, DAVE.
OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES.
AND WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW AT NOON.
WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW
CALLING THE WORST MASS SHOOTING
IN U.S. HISTORY OF THE WE HAVE
JUST LEARNED AT LEAST 50 PEOPLE
ARE DEAD AND MORE THAN 50 ARE
BEING TREATED AT LOCAL HOSPITALS
AFTER A MASS SHOOTING INSIDE OF
AN ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB.
>> FLORIDA GOVERNOR, RICK TO
THE, HAS JUST ISSUED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF
ORLANDO, AND RIGHT NOW, THE VERY
LATEST INFORMATION FROM POLICE
HEADQUARTERS WHERE WITNESSES ARE
GATHERED TO TELL THE POLICE WHAT
THEY SAW.
>> Anchor: AND STANDING BY
ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
WHERE MANY VICTIMS ARE BEING
TREATED AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF
THOSE VICTIMS ARE WAITING FOR
INFORMATION TO COME OUT ABOUT
THEIR LOVED ONES.
>> Anchor: IN THE LATEST NEWS
CONFERENCE, AFTER SEARCHING THE
NIGHTCLUB, THE DEATH TOLL
DOUBLED TO 50, AND 53 WILL
HOSPITALIZED.
THE SHOOTER, OMAR MATEEN, A U.S.
CITIZEN FROM PORT ST. LUCIE.
BUT HOWEVER, THE FBI HAVE NOT
CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY YET.
THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS
KILLED DURING THE SHOOTING
SPREE.
>> Anchor: ORLANDO POLICE HAVE
CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD TWO
WEAPONS.
A HANDGUN AND AN AR-15 ASSAULT
RIFLE.
IT'S UNCLEAR AT THE SAME TIME
HOW MANY ROUNDS WERE FIRED.
50 KILLED AND 53 HOSPITALIZED,
THE SUSPECT SHOT AND KILLED.
WE KNOW THAT ONE ORLANDO POLICE
OFFICER WAS SHOT IN THE HEADS
AND IF THIS DOESN'T GET YOUR
ATTENTION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
WILL, THE BULLET HIT HIS KEVLAR
HELMET AND SAVED HIS LIFE.
HE HAS MINOR INJURIES.
>> Anchor: NEWS 6 IS GOING TO BE
GETTING NEWS FOR YOU THROUGHOUT
THE DAY ON THIS STORY.
>> Anchor: RIGHT NOW, LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE FBI ARE
CALLING THIS AN ACT OF DOMESTIC
TERRORISM.
AND AS WE JUST SAID, THE SHOOTER
IN THIS IS DEAD.
>> RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORIST?
>> I WOULD SAY AT THIS TIME,
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL ANGLES, AND
WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT THAT
INDIVIDUAL MIGHT HAVE LEANS
TOWARD THAT IDEOLOGY, BUT RIGHT
NOW, WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING
DEFINNIVELY.
>> IT STARTED AT 2:00 THIS
MORNING IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO, ON
HALEY STREET.
AN OFFICER WAS WORKING EXTRA
DUTY HOURS IN THE NIGHTCLUB WHEN
HE HEARD REPORTS OF SHOTS FIRED.
>> OH, GOD.
>> AFTER THAT, OPD SAID TWO
OTHER OFFICERS WERE INSIDE OF
THE AREA, AND ENGAGED THE
SUSPECT.
MATEEN WENT INSIDE OF THE CLUB
AND IT BECAME A HOSTAGE
SITUATION.
THREE HOURS LATER, THEY WERE
BEING CONTACTED BY A DIFFERENT
GROUP OF PEOPLE INSIDE OF A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE NIGHTCLUB,
COWERING AND HIDING AND THAT'S
WHEN THE OFFICERS MADE THE
DECISION TO GO IN.
THEY SET OFF A FEW EXPLOSIONS
BEFORE GETTING THEIR ARMORED
TRUCK TO BREAK THROUGH THE WALL,
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY RESCUED
SOME 30 PEOPLE.
THERE WERE ABOUT 320 PEOPLE
INSIDE OF THE CLUB AT THE TIME
THAT THE SHOOTING WENT DOWN.
WE ARE JOINED WHERE LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAVE SET UP A
COMMAND POST.
AND ITS BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE
ACTUAL NIGHTCLUB MIKE.
>> I'M HERE AT THE ORLANDO
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
THE MAYOR CAME OUT FOR A
BRIEFING, AND THERE WAS AN
AUDIBLE GASP AMONG THE OBSERVERS
WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT THERE
WERE 50 DEATHS.
SOME WERE CONFUSED.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN 50 INJURIES,
BUT NO, 50 DEAD.
IT WAS 2:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN
THEY GOT THE FIRST REPORTS OF
SHOTS FIRED.
AND AN ORLANDO POLICE OFFICER
WAS RIGHT THERE IN EXCHANGE OF
GUNFIRE WITH THIS GUNMAN, AND
THEN THE GUNMAN RETREATED BACK
INTO THE NIGHTCLUB, AND THAT'S
WHERE IT BEGAN.
THE ORLANDO POLICE SAID THAT
THEY WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH
THE GUNMAN DURING THAT THREE
HOUR HOPS STAG STAND OFF.
THE AUTHORITIES ARE NOT
DISCLOSING WHAT THE CONTENTS OF
THAT MAY BE, BUT SOMETHING WHEN
HIS MOTIVATIONS, MOTIVATIONS AT
THIS POINT THAT ARE UNCLEAR, BUT
THE FBI HINTING THAT THEY ARE
HEARING THAT THERE MAY BE LEANS
OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM
WITH THIS GUNMAN.
HERE'S WHAT THE POLICE CHIEF HAD
TO SAY ABOUT HIS FELLOW POLICE
OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED EARLY
THIS MORNING.
>> YOU COULD TELL THAT THEY WERE
ALL SHAKEN BY THIS INCIDENT, BY
WHAT THEY SAW INSIDE OF THE
CLUB.
THEY DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB,
COURAGEOUS EVIDENCE, AND
RESCUING MANY, MANY HOSTAGES, AT
LEAST 30 FROM INSIDE OF THE
CLUB, BUT AFTER THAT, YOU COULD
TELL THAT THIS TYPE OF TRAGEDY
TAKES A TOLL ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
>> ALSO, BEAR IN MIND THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THE
INVESTIGATION.
WHILE WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT
THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE THREATS
TO THE AREA OR TO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WE NEED TO BE
CERTAIN OF THAT BEFORE WE PUT
ANY MORE INFORMATION OUT.
>> AT THIS POINT, THE FBI IS NOT
PUBLICLY IDENTIFYING THE GUNMAN.
CBS NEWS IS REPORTING THAT THE
GUNMAN IS 30-YEAR-OLD OMAR
MATEEN, A U.S. CITIZEN WHO LIVES
IN PORT ST. LUCIE, SOUTH
FLORIDA, AND THE REPORT THAT HE
HAS PARENTS FROM AFGHANISTAN.
NOW, I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH,
AND I'VE FOUND THAT THERE'S A
MAN WITH THAT EXACT SAME NAME
WHO WAS AN UNARMED LICENSED
SECURITY GUARD ON GUARD IN
FLORIDA, AND WE NEED TO IDENTIFY
THAT THAT'S THE SAME INDIVIDUAL,
BUT THE FBI ARE LOOKING INTO
THIS, AND HIS POSSIBLE TIES TO
RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
THAT FROM SENATOR BILL NELSON.
HE CAME UP TO THE PODIUM AND
THAT'S WHAT THE FBI IS TELLING
HIM.
IN ADDITION, THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS THAT THIS
MIGHT HAVE ISIS TIES.
THERE'S NOTHING DEFINITIVE ON
THAT.
BUT THAT'S THE CHATTER THAT BILL
NELSON IS HEARING IN WASHINGTON.
SO IT'S A VERY ACTIVE SCENE AS
THE POLICE FOR THE NIGHTCLUB TO
CARRY THE BODIES, AND THOSE
INJURED IN THE HORRIFIC ATTACK
OVERNIGHT.
>> MIKE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT
APPEARS TO BE A MUGSHOT OF SOME
SORT OF THAT SUSPECT.
OMAR MATEEN.
AND WHILE WE STILL HAVE MIKE
DEFOREST THERE, I KNOW THAT YOU
ARE ONE OF OUR INVESTIGATORS,
AND YOU KNOW HOW THIS WILL ALL
PLAY OUT.
THE FBI IS DOING WHAT THEY
GENERALLY CALL A SCRUB OF ALL OF
HIS SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, AND GIVE
US AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE
LOOKING FOR.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO
BOIL DOWN TO HIS ASSOCIATES
FIRST.
YOU WORK IN CIRCLES IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
YOU START CLOSE AND MOVE OUT.
FIRST IT'S GOING TO BE HIS
FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND
CERTAINLY HIS TROPICAL STORM
WARNING DEVICES AND ANY TRACE
THAT'S HE MAY HAVE LEFT,
EXPLAINING PERHAPS WHY HE DID
THIS.
WE KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
OUTSIDE OF THE GUNMAN'S HOME IN
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA.
I KNOW THAT LAST CHECK, IT
SEEMED THEY WERE STILL WAITING
ON A WARRANT TO GET INTO THAT
HOUSE SO THEY DO EVERYTHING BY
THE BOOK, BUT ONCE THEY GET INTO
THAT HOME, YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE,
THEY WILL BE SEIZING ELECTRONICS
AND COMMUNICATION, TRYING TO SEE
IF THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS TRULY A
LONE WOLF OR IF HE DID 2 ON HIS
OWN, OR IF THERE WERE OTHERS
AWARE OF IT, WHO MAY HAVE
SUPPORTED IT OR DRIVEN HIM HERE.
WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION BEHIND
THIS?
WAS THIS SOME SORT OF
IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK?
AS WHAT CONGRESSMAN ALLEN
GRAYSON HAS SAID OUT HERE
EARLIER TODAY?
COULD IT BE UNRELATED TO THAT?
IS IT PERHAPS A HATE CRIME IN
TERMS OF THIS BEING A GAY
NIGHTCLUB?
A LOT OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES OUT
THERE, AND THE FBI IS LOOKING AT
THESE, PERHAPS IT'S A
COMBINATION OF THEM ALL.
WE DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S WHY THE FBI IS URGING US
AND YOU TO BE PATIENT.
THE ANSWERS WILL COME OUT AND WE
MAY NOT GET THEM, BUT THEY ARE
LOOKING INTO IT.
>> AND AS THE DAY HAS DEVELOPED,
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO
SOME OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE
NIGHTCLUB WHEN THE SHOOTING
STARTED.
ERIC SANDOVAL IS OUTSIDE OF THE
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, AND
WHAT ARE PEOPLE THERE TELLING
YOU?
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT OMRC IS
STILL UNDER LOCKDOWN, THIS IS
BECAUSE OF THE PROTOCOL WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS.
WHEN THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUNSHOT
VICTIMS GOING INTO THE EMERGENCY
ROOM, THEY HAVE TO LOCK DOWN.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW IF A GUNMAN
IS ON THE LOOSE, BUT IN ANY
CASE, THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY
WALKING INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
HERE AT ORC, PEOPLE HAVE COME
WITH SIGNS OF INSPIRATION.
BLESS ORLANDO, WHEN THE POWER OF
LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF
POWER, THE WORLD WILL KNOW
PEACE, AND OF COURSE THAT'S
FOLLOWED BY THE HASHTAG, PRAY
FOR ORLANDO.
WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE WITH SIGNS,
ANDS THIS A STARK CONTRAST TO
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AT 5:00 THIS
MORNING.
WE HAVE VIDEO OF PICKUP TRUCKS
COMING TO ORLANDO REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER.
THESE TRUCKS HAVE ONE OF THE
ORLANDO POLICE OFFICERS INSIDE
OF IT THAT WAS SHOT DURING THE
SHOOTOUT AT PULSE NIGHT CLUB
THIS MORNING.
HIS LIFE WAS ACTUALLY SPARED BY
THE KEVLAR HELMET HE WAS
WEARING.
HE WAS FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS
AMBULANCES.
WE LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF
AMBULANCES ARRIVING HERE THIS
MORNING.
ALL WITH THE 53 VICTIMS SHOT OR
WOUNDED DURING THAT SHOOTOUT.
WE TALKED WITH SOMEBODY WHO
LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FR ORC.
>> IT WOKE US UP.
HAD THE EXPLOSION WOKE UP UP,
AND YOU HEARD PEOPLE RUNNING BY
THE HOUSE SCREAMING, ON THE WAY
TO THE HOSPITAL SINCE WE'RE
LIVING ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT
NOW.
>> AND AT FIRST, WE THOUGHT THE
PEOPLE SCREAMING WAS JUST
ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE
ORLANDO AREA, PEOPLE GETTING
DRUNK AND HAVING FUN.
BUT WHEN SHE HEARD THE SIREN AND
EVERYTHING ELSE, AND THE
EXPLOSIVE CONCUSSION, WHICH WAS
A DIVERSIONARY TACTIC BY THE
SWAT TEAM, THAT'S WHEN THE
REALITY SET IN.
I'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS, HOW
DO I FIND OUT IF MY FRIENDS OR
FAMILY WERE INSIDE OF THE PULSE
NIGHTCLUB?
A HOTLINE HAS BEEN SET UP FOR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY CONCERNED, TO
KNOW IF THEIR LOVED ONES WERE
INSIDE.
MAYOR JERRY DIRE, AND SHERIFF
DEMING, AND THE ONSLAUGHT,
ORLANDO POLICE CHIEF, ALL
ANNOUNCING THAT HOTLINE SETUP
THIS MORNING TO HELP THE
RESIDENTS OF ORLANDO AND BEYOND
TO FIND OUT IF THEIR FRIENDS AND
FAMILY ARE THERE.
ERIC SANDOVAL, NEWS 6.
>> WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU
IN A FEW MINUTES.
AS FOR THE SUSPECT, WHILE THE
FBI HAS NOT CONFIRMED HIS
IDENTITY, CBS NEWS IS REPORTING
HIS NAME IS OMAR MATEEN FROM
PORT ST. LUCIE.
>> HE WAS BORN IN 1986 AND
KILLED OVERNIGHT, HIS PARENTS
UNDOCUMENTED FROM AFGHANISTAN.
THE POLICE ARE GOING TO TWO
HOMES THAT MAY BELONG TO HIM.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE
SCENES, IS THE 17th STREET IN
PORT PIERCE.
THIS HOME IS REGISTERED TO
MATEEN, THERE ARE TWO ACTIVE
SCENES IN PORT ST. LUCIE.
THE OTHER IS ON BAYSHORE AT A
HOME HE HAS LISTED AS HIS
ADDRESS IN THE PAST.