Sunday, June 12, 2016

The shooting and hostage in a gay club. Striker dead – TVN24

Photo: UNIVISION FLORIDA CENTRAL / PAP / EPA Shooting in a gay club in Florida

the man who opened fire on the night of Saturday to Sunday in a nightclub in Florida, is dead – police said from Orlando . Local media report up to 20 wounded. Striker previously barricaded himself in a building and took hostages.

The incident took place in a club for gay men called Pulse in Orlando, Florida. Police said that the attacker was dead, but it is unclear whether it was shot by officers or committed suicide.





– Ok. hours. 2 (hr. 8 Polish time) someone started shooting. People fell to the ground – he told Sky TV News one of the clients Pulse, Ricardo Negron.

Later, the police moved in front of the controlled explosion, but did not inform what was its purpose.



The injured is 20 people?

– I suppose that the assailant fired into the air. (…) There was a short pause, some of us could get up and run out the back door – a witness reported, noting that by then less than a minute he heard the sound of gunfire. – Certainly, some have been injured, or worse – he added.

On the video recordings that appear in social media, you can see how the injured person is given help to the club. There is no official data on the number of wounded, but according to local media can walk up to 20 people.



Murder singer

This is the second shooting in Orlando in recent days. On Friday late evening 22-year-old American singer Christina Grimmie, known for, among others, with appearances in the popular TV show “The Voice”, was shot when giving out autographs after the concert. To this tragedy took place in the hall of The Plaza Live, located less than 5 km from the club Pulse.

Her killer, 27-year-old man, committed suicide. Motives of his actions are still not known. Grimmie died in hospital due to injuries.

By mm / PAP, Orlando Police

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