FBI arrests wife of killer in Orlando mass shooting

January 16, 2017 22:26

The wife of the man who carried out a deadly terrorist attack in Orlando has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting, a law enforcement official said Monday.

Noor Salman was taken into custody by FBI agents at her home outside of San Francisco. Prosecutors had been weighing charges against her in the aftermath of the attack that killed 49 people and wounded dozens. A person familiar with details of the arrest said she was charged with obstruction.

Noor's husband, Omar Mateen, was killed in a shootout with police during the rampage in a gay club on June 12, 2016. Investigators interviewed her for hours after the attack and came to believe she was not telling the truth about her husband's plans to carry out the rampage.

She is expected to make an initial appearance Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco.

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