Gilroy told The New York Times that Mateen started badgering him and sending dozens of text messages to him daily, and that he reported Mateen's behavior to his bosses. Mateen died in a gun battle with police after a mass shooting that left 49 people. The company, G4S, says in a statement Monday that it has no record of any complaint by Daniel Gilroy against Omar Mateen. The security company that employed the Orlando nightclub gunman says it has no record of a co-worker's complaints that the shooter was angry, profane and threatened violence. He says it's a place where people came to raise awareness, speak their minds and advocate for their civil rights. He notes that the site of the shooting was more than a nightclub.
Obama has called the shooting an act of terrorism and an act of hate. Obama had canceled what was to be his first campaign event with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the wake of the shooting at a gay nightclub that killed 49 and wounded dozens more. The White House did not provide more details about the trip.
The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Orlando on Thursday to pay respects to the victims of Sunday's nightclub shooting and to stand in solidarity with the community. The Latest on the deadly shooting at a nightclub in Orlando. The gunman was armed with a Sig Sauer MCX assault rifle, not an AR-15, which is a similar model.Ī corrected version of the story is below:
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