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For more now we return to nbcs miguel almaguer. This horrific crime lasted more than three hours from the time the first gunshot was fired to the last. The initial 911 call came in just after 2 00 a. M. Police saying a man opened fire inside the pulse nightclub where more than 300 people were inside. A uniformed offduty Police Officer was working security at the club. He went inside, engaged that suspect in a gun battle. The suspect shot back. The officer withdrew, waited for backup, and with a team of officers went inside that nightclub and again opened fire on that suspect. The officers retreated when the suspect went into a back bathroom. I want to give you a diagram of what this relatively small club looks like. The gunman was inside one bathroom with four to five other hostages, inside an add jointing bathroom there were up to 15 other hostages. Investigators say they waited for some two 1 2 hours. As they continued to talk t ....
Cory james connell, stanley almodovar, antonio davon brown, joel rayon paniagua, and luis velma, all raid to rest today. Meanwhile, the fbi is Digging Deeper into the background of the shooter, omar mateen. They spoke to an official at the mosque where he attended Services Since 2003. Theyre also reviewing Surveillance Video from inside the club at the time of the shooting. That video has not been released to the public. Im joined now by cnns ed lavendera. So, ed, the video is going to be a critical piece of evidence for investigators who want to know everything that transpired, the criminology of events inside that nightclub. Right, and its quite lengthy, as you imagine. Its about three hours in all that they will be going through. Its hard to imagine that this is a videotape that will ever see the light of day, but ....
Funeral services are scheduled for at least nine of the People Killed in sundays massacre at a gay nightclub. Right now, orlandos mayor is about to hold a News Conference, of course, well bring that to you once it is underway. Today brings new questions. Did the feds miss warning signs of the terrorists deadly intentions. A gunshop owner says he alerted the fbi weeks earlier when he tried to buy body arm more. He would later go to a different gunshop and buy the weapons that killed 49 people. Pamela, all of this following a visit by the president and vicepresident. Mr. Obama telling the families of those killed, quote, our hearts are broken too. Cnns Boris Sanchez is here with a closer look. This is hearbreaking for so many, boris. Its hard to imagine what these families are going through fred. We know there is supposed t ....