ASBURY PARK — Danielle DiNapoli is no stranger to the gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando, that was recently attacked by a lone gunman that left 49 people dead and more than 50 injured. When she heard about the attack, she said, “It literally felt like my heart was being ripped out.” DiNapoli, 35, of Spring Lake,… Read the rest of this entry »
A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Orlando on Sunday delivered sandwiches and iced tea to a blood drive supporting victims of the gay nightclub terrorist attack. The restaurant on University and Rouse Road delivered the food free of charge to the One Blood donation center, the DC Gazette reported. The owners of the Christian-run organization, which is normally… Read the rest of this entry »
An Islamic scholar who spoke earlier this year at an Orlando mosque has previously said gay people should be killed according to Islamic law “out of compassion.” “Death is the sentence,” Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar said at a speech at the Husseini Islamic Center in Orlando in 2013. “We know. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about this.… Read the rest of this entry »
Omar Mateen aspired to be a police officer and had once applied to join a police academy. He worked at a centre for juvenile delinquents as a correctional officer. More recently he was an armed guard for a gated retirement community in South Florida. A former co-worker said that Mateen’s anger was “constant.” He was known… Read the rest of this entry »
The gunman in a mass shooting that left at least 50 people dead and 53 others wounded early Sunday in an Orlando night club was once married to a New Jersey woman. Records show Omar Mateen, who died in a shootout with a police, married Sitora Yusufiy in 2009 in Florida. Yusufiy lived in Edison and… Read the rest of this entry »
The gunman who killed 50 people and wounded 53 others after opening fire at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is believed to have ties to Islamic terrorism, according to early reports from authorities. “It’s really early in the investigation, but the indicators are clear that this person did have Islamist leanings,” said Rep. Peter… Read the rest of this entry »
About 20 people have been killed and dozens more are injured after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, police in Florida say. The FBI is investigating it as a possible act of domestic terrorism. (more) Credit: Wochit FOR LIVE UPDATES: Twitter, Facebook The shooting happened at around 2 a.m. ET on Sunday… Read the rest of this entry »