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Two-year-old boy accidentally shoots and kills father in Florida
Such tragedies are not uncommon in the United States.
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Such tragedies are not uncommon in the United States.
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The children aged one, six, 10 and 11 were found dead by officers overnight.
Noor Salman, 31, began sobbing with joy when she was found not guilty.
Omar Mateen, the attacker, died in the 12 June 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub.
Police called it a “workplace violence incident” and said there were no apparent links to terror.
Prosecutors had argued she should be kept behind bars because she posed a threat to society.
Noor Salman was taken into custody by the FBI earlier today and is due in court tomorrow.
On 12 June, 2016, a gunman opened fire inside the nightclub, killing 49 people and wounding 53 in America’s deadliest mass shooting.
The plane was taken out of service after landing safely in Florida.
According to a police report, a 45-year-old father of two was visiting Busch Gardens theme park in Florida with his family when he reached into a pen, picked up the flamingo and threw her down.
Emergency officials have stressed, however. that a voice call is preferred because dispatchers can elicit details more quickly.
Law enforcement officials have said they believe Mateen was radicalised at some point before the Pulse nightclub attack.
The man, known only as Miguel, claims Mateen said he was going to make the Puerto Rican gay community ‘pay’.
The Republican-controlled Senate couldn’t even agree to restrict the sale of firearms to suspected terrorists.
The shooter identified himself as an “Islamic soldier” in the calls.
“To Luis, who died for love.”
More funerals are expected to take place over the weekend as the city continues to mourn.
All the proceeds go straight to the families of the victims.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy spoke about the Newtown school massacre, which saw the loss of 26 people, mostly children, in 2012.
Omar Mateen also spoke of the “filthy ways of the west”.
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He had also planned an attack at Walt Disney World.
50 people were killed in gun attack by Omar Mateen at Florida gay nightclub Pulse.
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The US President has said the massacre appears to be “homegrown extremism”.
Clubgoers told a local paper the 29-year-old would drink heavily and get “loud and belligerent” in the gay club.
A large crowd – some draped in rainbow flags and holding balloons and other items – gathered at about 7pm this evening for the vigil.
“We need to rally around our LGBTI brothers and sisters… and to defy the absolute evil [of] groups like Islamic State,” writes security expert Tom Clonan.
Tributes have been paid to the 50 victims.
The attack, the worst mass shooting in modern US history, was carried out at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, a well-known gay hangout.
The suspect’s father has said his son may have been motivated by homophobia and not by his Muslim faith.
Their bags, containing passports and money, were taken from their hotel room.
There was “chaos”, according to one diner.