What the heck is going on in Orlando?
 

Mass shooting at a nightclub. 20 dead 42 injured. Hostage standoff.

Police stormed in only after 2hrs of the standoff starting and some of the dead may be a result of crossfire between terrorist and cops.

First Christina Grimmie's murder now this. terrible weekend for Orlando and central FL.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle30406164/

Defenseless people become victims.

Yes. And the Muslim community has to once and for all figure out how to connect, detect, and prevent disenfranchised youths from gravitating to the hate message of radical Islam

Update: We have learned that this incident may affect the family of one of us. AFJuvat reports that his daughter's room mate attends that very club, and cannot be reached/accounted for at this time. AF and his daughter had left the general area before the incident began.

Knee Mails for AF, his daughter, and her room mate.

Count now at 50 dead, 53 hospitalized, per current news reports.

The suspect has been identified as 29 y/o Omar Saddiqui Mateen. Reportedly, his father was interviewed and stated, "He said he didn't like seeing LGBT males kissing each other..."

This world is not safe, always carry fellow COTEPians...... even for just an ice cream run.

Sad weekend for Orlando. Prayers out to all of the victims families.

They are calling for blood donations throughout Central Florida

This is f'd up! People need to be prepared every day. What a horrific crime.

Somebody needs to make a shirt that reads.... "Non-Muslim Lives Matter".

Looks like the shooter called 911 beforehand and swore alleagance to Isis leader allah snackbar

Further Update: The roommate of AFJuvat's daughter has been accounted for and is safe, apparently leaving the club before the incident began. :)

Good to hear this.

I'll be attending one of the vigils tonight. My city bleeds and cries today...

Toll is currently 50 dead, 53 wounded. Currently, it appears that some were killed in a crossfire between the terrorist and the police. Awful. Simply awful.

Notice the last name of the first person on the list of people that died....

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34
Stanley Almodovar III, 23
Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22
Luis S. Vielma, 22

Place did not allow guns . To bad maybe someone could have got him . Scary life right now . I don't set with my back to the door and haven't for a long time . Wife and I are just sick over this . We are at WAR folks .

WE will pray for all of FL. this night .

Actually, Florida law doesn't allow guns in a place like this, or at least that's the general interpretation of the law. A place that is just a bar, even if it has a dance floor, is off limits. It's a true gun-free zone.

Thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families.

How the hell did people get shot with a gun in a "true gun-free zone"?

Just a "defenseless victim zone."

http://www.cotep.org/forum/picture.p...pictureid=1046

THIS^^^ exactly!