Fifty dead, 53 injured in Orlando mass shooting: mayor
AFP
June 12, 2016 22:43 MYT
June 12, 2016 22:43 MYT
Police cars and emergency vehicles surround the Pulse nightclub, the scene of a multiple shooting, in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. - AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida, police said Sunday, making it the worst mass shooting in US history.
"We have cleared the building, and it is with great sadness that I share we have not 20 but 50 casualties in addition to the shooter," Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer told a news briefing, raising the death toll from 20 previously.
"There are another 53 that are hospitalized."