This is clearly an act of terror: Florida Governor Rick Scott

June 12, 2016 22:17

Florida Governor Rick Scott discussed the mass shooting at an Orlando night club Sunday, telling reporters the attack was "clearly an act of terror."

"You just can't imagine this would happen to our community, our state, or anywhere in our country," Scott said.

"For somebody to go in there and be an active shooter and take... that number of lives, any life, but that number of lives and injure that many people is clearly an act of terror," Scott stated.

"Our community experienced a horrific crime today," Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer wrote on Twitter.

"Our hearts and prayers are with the victims and their families," Dyer said.

"Despite the fact that tonight's crime will have a lasting effect, we are a strong community," Dyer wrote in a subsequent tweet.

The Orlando Mayor also thanked first responders and hospitals, who he credited with saving "many lives."

"We are dealing with something we never imagined," Dyer wrote.

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