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20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 7:36 am
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Breaking on CNN and local news affiliates. http://www.wftv.com/live-stream1
Gay night club. Excuse me. Shooter dead. 32 injured.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 7:40 am
At least 20 dead and 42 injured, according to BBC News.
Quote:At least 20 people have been killed and at least 42 injured after a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police say.
Orlando Police said officers entered the Pulse Club about three hours after the shooting unfolded - and killed the attacker, who had taken hostages.
They called it an act of terrorism, but said they did not yet know if it was domestic or international.
Relatives have been gathering at local hospitals desperate for news.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:08 am
"Orlando Police said officers entered the Pulse Club about three hours after the shooting unfolded - and killed the attacker, who had taken hostages."
This should be in the "Fucking Cops" thread.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:10 am
And they said they used a Bearcat, I guess to ram into the club? Couldn't that have caused casualties, too?
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:13 am
They control detonated an IED on the scene. It's Pride Week.
Fuck.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:37 am
(June 12, 2016 at 8:08 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: "Orlando Police said officers entered the Pulse Club about three hours after the shooting unfolded - and killed the attacker, who had taken hostages."
This should be in the "Fucking Cops" thread.
It's bad, but not that bad. UK armed response units would have probably taken way longer than that.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:43 am
(June 12, 2016 at 8:08 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: "Orlando Police said officers entered the Pulse Club about three hours after the shooting unfolded - and killed the attacker, who had taken hostages."
This should be in the "Fucking Cops" thread.
Maybe the damned Muslims thread would be more appropriate.
Police risked their lives to face the shooter and saved the hostages vs guy with the gun shooting and killing them all who is apparently Muslim.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:53 am
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(June 12, 2016 at 8:43 am)paulpablo Wrote: (June 12, 2016 at 8:08 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: "Orlando Police said officers entered the Pulse Club about three hours after the shooting unfolded - and killed the attacker, who had taken hostages."
This should be in the "Fucking Cops" thread.
Maybe the damned Muslims thread would be more appropriate.
Police risked their lives to face the shooter and saved the hostages vs guy with the gun shooting and killing them all who is apparently Muslim.
No surprise there.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:56 am
There was more than a little sarcasm associated with my post.
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RE: 20 dead in Orlando gay club shooting
June 12, 2016 at 8:56 am
To be fair, this is from USA Today:
"When asked whether the shooter had ties to a Jihadist terror group, an FBI official said during a news conference that 'we do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings toward that, that particular ideology. But right now we can't say definitively so we're still running everything around.'"
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