Orlando, Fla., marks five-year anniversary of Pulse nightclub shooting
Orlando Florida- Orlando community members, state and national leaders paid homage to victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting five years ago during events Saturday. At noon, churches in Orlando rang their bells 49 times in honor of the 49 people killed after gunman Omar Mateen opened fire inside the nightclub on June 12, 2016. The mass shooting killed 49 people and injured another 53 in the deadliest attack on the American LGBTQ community in U.S. history. The shooter also died in a shootout with police. “Within minutes, the Pulse nightclub that had long been a place of acceptance and joy turned into a place of unspeakable pain and loss,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “Forty-nine people were there celebrating Latin night were murdered, even more injured, and countless others scarred forever — victims were family members, partners and friends, veterans and students, young, Black, Asian and Latino — our fellow Americans.” (UPI)
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