Omar Mateen
American mass murderer (1986–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Omar Mir Seddique Mateen[1] (Pashto: عمر مير صديق متين; born Omar Mir Seddique; November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American terrorist and mass murderer who murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police. It was the deadliest shooting by a single shooter in United States history until the Las Vegas Strip shooting on October 1, 2017.
Omar Mateen | |
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Born | Omar Mir Seddique (1986-11-16)November 16, 1986 New Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 12, 2016(2016-06-12) (aged 29) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Resting place | Muslim Cemetery of South Florida, Hialeah Gardens, Florida, U.S. |
Occupation | Security guard |
Known for | Perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting |
Spouses | Sitora Yusufiy
(m. 2009; div. 2011)Noor Salman (m. 2011) |
Allegiance | Islamic State (pledged during attack) |
Motive | Revenge for killing of Abu Waheeb, frustration with American foreign policy in the Middle East |
Details | |
Date | June 12, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-06-12) 2:02 a.m. – 5:14 a.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) |
Location(s) | Orlando, Florida, United States |
Target(s) | Patrons of Pulse nightclub |
Killed | 49 |
Injured | 53 |
Weapons | |
Born in New York to Afghan-American parents, he moved to Florida as a child, where he displayed an interest in violence and had behavioral problems in school, including struggling academically and receiving numerous suspensions.[2] As an adult he drifted through various jobs and a failed marriage before eventually becoming a security guard by profession.[3] Before the shooting, he had been investigated for connections to terrorism by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2013 and 2014. During that period, he was placed on the Terrorist Screening Database, but was subsequently removed.[4] In a call to 9-1-1 during the shooting, Mateen identified himself as "Mujahideen," "Islamic Soldier," and "Soldier of God";[5][6] and pledged his allegiance multiple times to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who at the time was the leader of the militant jihadist group, the Islamic State.[7] He said the shooting was "triggered" by an airstrike in Iraq that killed Abu Waheeb, an IS commander, six weeks before.[8]