More updates: It was a gay/LGBT nightclub 53 Dead, 40 or so wounded. Perpetrator is "Omar Mir Seddique Mateen" [1], born in US to Afghan immigrant parents. H

More updates: It was a gay/LGBT nightclub 53 Dead, 40 or so wounded. Perpetrator is "Omar Mir Seddique Mateen" [1], born in US to Afghan immigrant parents. He was killed by the police. Apparently he was a security officer and had a firearms license because of that [5]. "We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that, that particular ideology [Islamic extremism]. But right now we can’t say definitively, so we’re still running everything around," (quote from article). [2] If you're in Orlando and wonder how you can help: give blood, especiall O+, O- and AB, at "Oneblood" (2 locations currently open) [3] Situation ended because police went in. One officer was apparently shot in the head. [4] [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36512308 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36512308 [2] http://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night-club-shooter/story?id=39790797 http://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night... [3] https://twitter.com/AltPress/status/742004240176975873 https://twitter.com/AltPress/status/742004240176975873 [4] http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/orlando-nightclub-shooting-emergency-services-respond-reports-gunman-n590446 http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/... [5] https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/741997301657440256 https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/741997301657440256