Orlando nightclub attack: aftermath of the worst shooting in U.S. history
It was Latin night at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, when alleged shooter Omar Mateen opened fire, leaving 50 people dead in the worst shooting in U.S. history.
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- Bomb disposal officers check for bombs at an apartment complex of a suspect linked to the fatal shootings at an Orlando nightclub, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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- ORLANDO, FLORIDA – JUNE 12: FBI agents seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation where 20 people died on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured in what is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)
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- FORT PIERCE, FL – JUNE 12: Police tape marks off the entrance to the apartment building where shooting suspect Omar Mateen is believed to have lived on June 12, 2016 in Fort Pierce, Florida. The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killed at least 50 people and injured 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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- FORT PIERCE, FL – JUNE 12: A Bomb Disposal Unit checks for explosives around the apartment building where shooting suspect Omar Mateen is believed to have lived on June 12, 2016 in Fort Pierce, Florida. The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killed at least 50 people and injured 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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- ORLANDO, FLORIDA – JUNE 12: Christine Leinonen, 58, waits for information outside of the Orlando Regional Medical Center about her son Chris who is missing after a fatal shooting and hostage situation at Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)
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- WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 12: U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during a statement regarding the Orlando mass shooting June 12, 2016 at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured after suspected gunman Omar Mateen opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida in what is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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- People hold a vigil outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. (AFP PHOTO / Gregg NEWTON)
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- An person weeps outside the hotel where family members are gathering in Orlando, Florida after a mass shooting on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. (AFP PHOTO / Gregg NEWTON)
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- A woman prays at a site about a block from the Pulse nightclub in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. (AFP PHOTO / Gregg NEWTON)
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- Women pray near the area of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub on in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. A somber President Barack Obama expressed grief and outrage at the “horrific massacre” of 50 late-night revelers at an Orlando gay club, branding it an act of terror and hate. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN)
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- Donors line up outside OneBlood Blood Donation Center in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The center was flooded with donors after a mass shooting early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside the nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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- Orlando resident Scott Fuchs gives blood as phlebotomist Nicole Copeland tends to him at OneBlood in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The center was flooded with donors lined up around the corner to give blood after a mass shooting early Sunday morning at a club that left 50 dead and an additional 53 hospitalized and in need of blood. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma Press/TNS)
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- Concerned friends and family of victims at the Pulse nightclub, where multiple fatalities were reported after a shooting, wait outside of the Orlando Police Department, Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
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- Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT members arrive to a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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- An Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT member arrives to the scene of a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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- FBI assistant special agent in charge Ron Hopper, center, answers questions from members of the media after a fatal shooting at Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. Listening at left is Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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- A group of people walk to the emergency room of Orlando Regional Medical Center after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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- Angel Mendez, standing outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center, holds up a cell phone photo trying to get information about his brother Jean C. Mendez that was at the Pulse Nightclub where a shooting involving multiple fatalities occurred, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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- Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., addresses reporters during a news conference after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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- Ray Rivera, DJ at the Pulse nightclub, is consoled by a friend outside of the Orlando Police Department on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
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- Faytriana Evans, who was at the Pulse nightclub, talks about what she saw while waiting for friends outside of Orlando Regional Medical Center on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
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- Kelvin Cobaris, a local clergyman, consoles Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, right, and Terry DeCarlo, an Orlando gay rights advocate, as they arrive on the scene near Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
Orlando Police Chief John Mina said some people trapped inside the club hid in the bathrooms and called 911.
Many of the victims were taken to ORMC, where family members gathered, hoping to get information.
Florida Hospital wouldn’t comment on whether it was treating any of the injured, but said they can check on names for families.
Mina called the mass shooting “absolutely terrible. … one of the worst tragedies we’ve seen.”
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