About the time I finish typing up this quick post.īefore all the facts are even in, people from all sides are projecting their ideological beliefs onto the motive: Islam is to blame, Islam is a religion of peace, it was mental illness, it was guns, ISIS is responsible, it’s a mass killing, it’s a domestic terror attack, it was LGBT mass murder, it’s radical Islam. President Obama will deliver a statement at 1:30pm, Eastern time, today. Mayor Buddy Dyer said all of the dead were killed with the assault rifle. A surgeon at Orlando Regional Medical Center said the death toll was likely to climb. He said that might be related to the attack.Īt least 53 people were hospitalized, most in critical condition, officials said. The gunman’s father recalled that his son got angry when he recently saw two men kissing in Miami. It was the worst mass shooting in American history.Īuthorities were investigating the attack on the Florida dance hall as an act of terrorism. The big news we all woke up to this morning:Ī gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said.