>>> THAT BREAKING NEWS, SYAN
RHODES SPOKE ONE ON ONE WITH THE
ORLANDO SHOOTER'S FATHER.
WHAT HE TOLD HER ABOUT HIS SON
PAST.
>>> IT COMES ON THE HEELS OF
SEVERAL HUGE TWISTS IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
INCLUDING DETAILS ABOUT HOW OMAR
MATEEN PLANNED THE ATTACK.
I'M SOFIA OJEDA.
>> SYAN RHODES IS IN FLORIDA
CLOSE TO WHERE THE COUPLE LIVED.
YOU?
>> Reporter: I'M OUTSIDE OF THE
FATHER'S HOUSE NOW.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME A VERY
LONG LINE OF MEDIA WAITING TO
GET INTO HIM.
HE DID DECIDE TO GRANT GREAT
VIEWS AND I DID GET A ONE ON ONE
INTERVIEW WITH SID MATEEN
TALKING ABOUT HIS SON.
THE ALLEGED ORLANDO SHOOTER,
OMAR MATEEN, ACCUSED OF KILLING
49 PEOPLE INSIDE THE PULSE
NIGHTCLUB EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
OF COURSE, NOW THE BOMBSHELL
REPORT THAT OMAR MATEEN'S WIFE
MAY POSSIBLY FACE FEDERAL
HAPPENED.
SHE TOLD THE F.B.I. THAT SHE HAD
NIGHTCLUB.
MIND YOU, THEY LIVE IN FORT
PIERCE, TWO HOURS AWAY.
SHE TOLD THE F.B.I. SHE HAD
DRIVEN HIM TI THE NIGHTCLUB.
SHE ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE
WAS THERE WHEN HE PURCHASED THE
GUNS AND THAT SHE TRIED TO
DISCOURAGE HIM FROM ANY ATTACK.
NOW INVESTIGATORS LOOKING AT
WHETHER SHE MAY FACE ANY CHARGES
FOR WHAT SHE KNEW AND ALLEGEDLY
DID NOT REPORT.
I WANT TO GO TO WHAT MATEEN'S
FATHER SAID ABOUT THIS ENTIRE
THING.
>> IT'S VERY SHOCKING TO ME THAT
THIS HAPPENED, THIS HORRIBLE
NEWS.
I HEARD ABOUT IT.
THE HORRIBLE THING IS THAT THE
PERSON WAS DOING THIS HORRIBLE
ACT WAS MY SON.
EMOTIONAL TALES FROM THE
PATIENTS, PEOPLE WHO SURVIVED
THAT PULSE NIGHTCLUB ON SUNDAY
THEY'RE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL,
BUT THEY ARE RECOVERING AND TWO
OF THEM SPOKE TO THE MEDIA
TODAY.
LET'S LISTEN.
US.
>> I WAS ON THE GROUND IN A POOL
OF BLOOD.
I WASN'T SURE WHOSE IT WAS.
>> WE GOT TRAPPED IN THERE.
THE GUNMAN ENTERED THE BATHROOM
GUN.
SO WE'RE ALL LIKE SCRAMBLING
AROUND IN THE BATHROOM SCREAMING
AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS.
HE PLEDGES ALEENIANS TO ISIS AND
HE STARTED SPEAKING.
AFTER HE GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH
ARABIC.
HE THEN SPOKE TO US DIRECTLY IN
THE BATHROOM.
>> Reporter: THAT WAS PATIENTS
CARTER AND ANGEL SANTIAGO, TWO
SHOOTING.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5 AND 6 ON
KPRC CHANNEL 2, MUCH MORE OF MY
INTERVIEW WITH THE FATHER OF
OMAR MATEEN.
REPORTING LIVE IN PORT ST.
>> THANK YOU.
AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM
HOUSTONIANS CONTINUES TO GROW IN
THE MONTROSE.
THE SHOOTING IS HAVING AN IMPACT
ON THE LGBT COMMUNITY AS IT
HOUSTON.
RYAN KORSGARD SPOKE WITH THOSE
WHO WILL GATHER FOR ANOTHER
VIGIL TONIGHT TO HONOR THOSE
RYAN?
>> Reporter: PEOPLE SAY IT IS SO
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY
FEELS -- (NO AUDIO) OBVIOUSLY A
PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THEY ARE HAVING SEVERAL
DIFFERENT CEREMONIES TONIGHT.
THEY'RE ALSO HAVING ONE THERE IN
TONIGHT.
THERE IS MOTHER ONE PLANNED
TOMORROW BY HOUSTON'S MAYOR.
HE'S INVITING EVERYONE IN THE
CITY TO COME TO THE REFLECTING
POOL THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF
CITY HALL.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL CEREMONIES
COMING UP NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT
TOMORROW AS WELL.
ALSO WE KNOW TOMORROW THEY ARE
PLANNING ONE AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF HOUSTON AT NOON.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CEREMONIES.
SOUTH BEACH TODAY PLANNED AT
7:00 O'CLOCK.
THE DARKNESS IN ORLANDO HAS
ADDED COLOR TO THE MEMORIAL AT
THE CORNER OF CONVERSE AND HYDE
PARK IN MONTROSE.
THE HEART OF HOUSTON'S LGBT
COMMUNITIES.
THIS PLACE AND ITS BARS HAS BEEN
A REFUGE, SAFETY FOR THE GAY
COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.
THE SHOOTING IN ORLANDO RATTLED
THAT COMMUNITY.
>> WE TAKE IT TO HEART BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE SO MANY
PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH THINGS
LIKE THIS, WE CAN HAVE THE
FREEDOMS AND ENJOY THE LIFESTYLE
THAT WE ENJOY.
>> Reporter: AS WORKERS AT SOUTH
BEACH BAR PREPARE FOR A
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT 7 TONIGHT,
HOUSTON MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER
INVITED EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF
THEIR BACKGROUND OR BELIEFS TO A
WEDNESDAY.
>> THIS IS A VERY DIVERSE
COUNTRY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON
IS VERY DIVERSE.
WE'RE THE MOST DIVERSE.
I THINK TOMORROW WE CAN STAND
WITH THE PEOPLE IN ORLANDO THAT
PEOPLE IN NEW YORK.
WE WILL STAND WITH PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN STANDING UP ALL ACROSS
UP AGAINST HATE.
>> Reporter: BACK IN MONTROSE
WHERE WOMEN AND MEN STILL FEEL
SAFE TO HOLD HANDS WITH THE
PERSON OF THE SAME SEX, PEOPLE
SAY THE SHOOTING IN ORLANDO
CHANGED THINGS HERE.
>> IT'S DEFINITELY SCARY.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY INCITED
MORE FEAR ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO
OUT AND BEING ABLE TO FEEL SAFE
IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN
YOUR OWN CITY.
>> Reporter: WE ALSO WANT TO
REMIND YOU THAT CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL IS TONIGHT AT 7:00
O'CLOCK AT SOUTH BEACH.
THE MAYOR EXPECTED THERE.
CHANNEL 2 NEWS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> COMING UP AT 5:00 O'CLOCK,
YOU WILL HEAR FROM A BUSINESS
OWNER WHO WAS OFFERING SPECIFIC
CLASSES TO HELP TO PROTECT THOSE
IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY.
RHODES WILL HAVE MORE OF HER