Orlando terrorist reportedly told co-workers he wanted to be a “martyr.”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) asks Facebook to “provide all Facebook data on Mr. Mateen’s activities on his account and any affiliated Facebook accounts, including but not limited to activity logs, Facebook timeline information, Facebook messages, photos, and posts.” The Orlando terrorist may have had at least five accounts linked to him.
Report: Orlando terrorist made 16 phone calls during the terrorist attack and searched for words like “Pulse Orlando.” Investigators are reportedly “tracking down each of the recipients of those calls.” He also searched for the San Bernardino terrorist couple.
Authorities: Orlando terror investigation could take years.
Report: Orlando terrorist had a pattern of “disruptive behavior” stretching back to elementary school. Though he was born in New York, he was reportedly “sent to finish kindergarten at Frances K. Sweet Elementary because he was limited in reading, writing and speaking English, according to documents. Mateen’s first language was Afghani, which was primarily spoken at home, according to records.”
CNN reporter “alarmed” that many Americans favor a temporary ban on Muslim immigration
Chilling Facebook post from Orlando terrorist moments before attack warns of more ISIS attacks in the U.S.
Orlando terrorist reportedly abused gay man at gym.
TMZ report: Mateen also tried to pick up women on dating app Plenty of Fish.
Cord Cedeno says he connected with Mateen a couple years ago on Grindr, but it was hardly titillating. Cedeno says Mateen — whose profile was a pic of him in a tie — would only say “Hi” over and over. He says he eventually blocked Mateen, but knows 4 friends who say the Orlando murderer remained active on other apps.
He says Mateen used Adam4Adam to send shots of his penis to men — but never showed his face. Cedeno says he has no knowledge Mateen was ever successful in hooking up with a man.
On the other hand … a female user on Plenty Of Fish says Mateen reached out to her 18 months ago. She says he was “nice, normal … mentioned he had a child, but said he was single and looking for a good woman to marry.”
New pics of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen from his 2015 Florida gun permits
FBI stonewalling on the tip from Disney World.
I asked FBI 6+ times when agents were notified about shooter's April trip to Disney- a lot of "I don't have that info" or "I'm not aware"
Authorities have obtained video of Mateen and his wife purchasing ammunition.
FBI spox says the attack is both terrorism and a hate crime.
Q: Are reports credible that Mateen patronized other gay clubs in Orlando? Hopper says he has no knowledge of that.
FBI Asst. Special Agent in charge Ronald Hopper mentions Mateen's name, then says, like his director, he won't do so again.
The Orlando shooter’s father says terrorists planted the idea of carrying out a mass shooting in his son’s head — and he didn’t even know it was happening. “My son was killed by terrorists,” said Seddique Mateen this morning from his home in Port St. Lucie. “Fifty people were killed by terrorism. This was a terrorist idea. (My son) learned from them.”
At a Fort Pierce home owned by members of the Mateen family, deputies arrived, went into the house for a few minutes, then left at around noon Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Seddique Mateen — father of the Orlando massacre shooter Omar Mateen — arrived at the home and said Omar’s wife Noor Salman is “no longer here” and that she was no longer in the area. He would not say where she had gone.
