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Dozens were killed or severely injured inside the crowded nightclub, either directly or by ricochets. At 2:02 a.m., Mateen bypassed Officer Adam Gruler, a uniformed off-duty Orlando Police Department (OPD) officer working extra duty as a security guard, entered the building through its southern entrance, and began shooting patrons. He was wearing a green, blue, and white plaid dress shirt, a white T-shirt underneath, and tan cargo pants.
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He got out and walked toward the building armed with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm GlockĀ 17 semi-automatic pistol. At around the same time, Omar Mateen arrived at the club via rental van, parking it in the parking lot of a neighboring car shop. About 320 people were still inside the club, which was serving last call drinks at around 2:00 a.m. On June 11, 2016, Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was hosting "Latin Night", a weekly Saturday night event drawing a primarily Latino crowd. Shooting First shots and hostage situation
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