Orlando gunman called friend, TV station during attack

June 15, 2016 23:16

Florida gunman Omar Mateen called a friend to say goodbye as he carried out his shooting rampage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

The FBI has interviewed the recipient of that call, the sources said. Mateen also made calls to 911 and a producer at CNN affiliate News 13 in Orlando, identifying himself as the shooter and saying he was acting out of allegiance to ISIS. Forty-nine people were killed and more than 50 others wounded in the massacre early Sunday at the club Pulse.

Matthew Gentili, a producer at the CNN affiliate, told the station he got a call about 2.45 am Sunday from a man claiming to be the nightclub shooter.

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