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Orlando shooter described as regular at Pulse
| New York Daily News | - |
Omar
Mateen lived a double life and was no stranger to Pulse, the gay
Orlando nightclub where he killed 49 people Sunday morning, according to
patrons who recognized him as a regular.
Orlando shooter described as a regular at gay club Pulse by patrons
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NY Daily News
Omar Mateen lived a double life and was no stranger to Pulse, the gay Orlando nightclub where he killed 49 people Sunday morning, according to patrons who recognized him as a regular.
Mateen’s family said his bloody rampage was sparked by anti-gay hatred.
But the killer, who had a wife Noor Salman and a child, had visited the gay-friendly hangout several times over the past three years and was active on gay hook-up sites like Grindr.
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Investigators work the scene following a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016.
(CARLO ALLEGRI/REUTERS)One couple, who work together as drag-dancing performers, said they’d seen Mateen as many as a dozen times at Pulse.
Ty Smith and Chris Callen also said they’d seen him escorted drunk from Pulse more than once.
“I’ve seen him a couple of time at Pulse, a couple of other people that I’ve spoken with, including an-ex security guard, have actually witnessed this guy at Pulse many times before,” said Callen, who performs as Kristina McLauglin.
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“One friend was a security guard there two years ago and she remembers him,” Callen told the Daily News.
He estimates Mateen began showing up about three years ago. Everybody was blown away to realize he was the man responsible for the slaughter.
“It’s shocking to everyone because we saw him there before,” said Callen.
He said one night Mateen got angry about a religious joke and pulled a knife on a friend.
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This undated image provided by the Orlando Police Department shows Omar Mateen, the shooting suspect at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016.
(AP)Mateen, who spent part of his early life in Queens and Westbury, L.I., had seen plenty of public displays of affection between gay couples before his Sunday blood bath.
“That’s bullcrap, right there. No offense. That’s straight-up crap. He’s been around us,” Smith told the Canadian Press earlier Monday.
Cord Cedeno is interviewed by MSNBC's Chris Hayes about Omar Mateen. Cendo said in the interview that Mateen had been seen at the club prior to the attack.
(msnbc)The man also said he knew friends who’d been contacted by Mateen on Jack’d and Adam4Adam, other online gay dating services.
Saddique Mir Mateen, father of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, speaks to the media at his home in Port St. Lucie, Monday, June 13, 2016.
(Joe Cavaretta/AP)Callen and Smith said Mateen liked to let loose at Pulse in a way he could not around his religious family at home.
“(He’d get) really, really drunk. ... He couldn’t drink when he was at home — around his wife, or family. His father was really strict. ... He used to bitch about it,” Smith told Canadian Press.
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