Law enforcement sources told NBC News that Omar Mateen was born in New York in 1986 and was listed as living in Fort Pierce, about 125 miles south of Orlando on Florida's Atlantic coast. We are in shock, like the whole country," Seddique Mir Mateen said. We weren't aware of any action he is taking. "We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident. The father said his son got angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami a couple of months ago and thought that might be related to the shooting. Also, several officials say, there's no sign that anyone else was involved in the attack, either in helping Mateen or egging him on. Seddique Mir Mateen, Mateen's father, told NBC News that "this has nothing to do with religion" in spite of reports that his son had declared his allegiance to ISIS.Ī law enforcement official told NBC News there is no indication that Omar Mateen was in touch with terrorists overseas and nothing to indicate this was a directed attack. They took their time in case Mateen's unit might be booby-trapped, but authorities said late Sunday that no devices were found, and residents were allowed back home about midnight. City officials said about 300 people were in the club at the time of the shooting.įBI evidence specialists arrived Sunday night at Mateen's home in a condominium that had been evacuated shortly after dawn, authorities told NBC News. ET, when 11 Orlando police officers and three Orange County sheriff's deputies stormed the nightclub and exchanged fire with Mateen, authorities said. President Barack Obama called the attack "an act of terror and hate.".Mateen had security and firearm licenses and the gunman's weapons were legally purchased within the past week.The names of the first victims identified in the shooting include seven men between the ages of 20 and 36 years old.He twice had been investigated by federally authorities for alleged comments he made about terrorism, but both investigations were closed. The gunman called 911 before the attack, expressing fealty to ISIS.ET with a handgun and a Sig Sauer MCX, an AR-15-style rifle, officials said. The massacre - the worst mass shooting in the history of the United States - began when the gunman stormed the Pulse Nightclub about 2 a.m. The shooter, identified by several law enforcement sources as Omar Mateen, 29, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement after a three-hour siege. At least 50 people were killed and more than 50 others were wounded when a gunman opened fire and took hostages at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday morning.