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Audio of Omar Mateen's 911 calls during Pulse massacre released
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Audio of Omar Mateen's 911 calls during Pulse massacre released
By David Harris, Gal Tziperman Lotan and Rene Stutzman
Orlando Sentinel
OCTOBER 31, 2016, 5:02 PM
The man on the phone said he was the person who just opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub, but Orlando police could not be sure.
The caller, later identified as Omar Mateen, repeatedly hung up on the Orlando police negotiator who had to call him back more than a dozen times.
During one stretch, from about 3:15 a.m. to about 3:20 a.m., officers could be heard in the background trying to pinpoint where Mateen might be. The background noise was "sterile," said one officer, as if he were in an office. Or bathroom, said another.
Recordings of conversations between the Pulse nightclub shooter and Orlando police show the shooter spoke curtly and nervously during the three-hour-long standoff June 12. The nearly 30 minutes of audio of Omar Mateen's 911 calls during his killing of 49 people at Pulse nightclub were released on Monday. The written transcripts of the calls were already released in September.
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By David Harris, Gal Tziperman Lotan and Rene Stutzman
Orlando Sentinel
OCTOBER 31, 2016, 5:02 PM
The man on the phone said he was the person who just opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub, but Orlando police could not be sure.
The caller, later identified as Omar Mateen, repeatedly hung up on the Orlando police negotiator who had to call him back more than a dozen times.
During one stretch, from about 3:15 a.m. to about 3:20 a.m., officers could be heard in the background trying to pinpoint where Mateen might be. The background noise was "sterile," said one officer, as if he were in an office. Or bathroom, said another.
Recordings of conversations between the Pulse nightclub shooter and Orlando police show the shooter spoke curtly and nervously during the three-hour-long standoff June 12. The nearly 30 minutes of audio of Omar Mateen's 911 calls during his killing of 49 people at Pulse nightclub were released on Monday. The written transcripts of the calls were already released in September.
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Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-omar-mateen-pulse-911-calls-20161031-story.html
