Sunday, there were about 320 people at the Pulse nightclub, officials said. Then, the witness said, he heard the shooter on the phone saying, 'Stop killing ISIS' and 'I've got plenty of bullets.'īy the time the attack was over, at least 50 people had been killed and at least 53 others were injured.Īt 2 a.m.
One eyewitness who was released from the hospital tonight told ABC News he played dead for three hours as the gunman, whom authorities have identified as Omar Mateen, 29, walked around, talking to club patrons still inside. — - Eyewitnesses described a scene of complete chaos, with blood everywhere, in the three horrific hours from the time an armed gunman opened fire inside an Orlando, Florida, gay nightclub to the time a SWAT team entered the building, rescued the hostages the gunman had taken and then killed him.