OMAR MATEEN (NOVEMBER 16, 1986 TO JUNE 12, 2016)

Omar Mateen
A driver's license photo of Omar Mir Mateen.
Born	Omar Mir Seddique November 16, 1986 New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Died	June 12, 2016 (aged 29) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death	Eight gunshot wounds by police officers
Citizenship	United States
Occupation	Security guard
Known for	Perpetrator of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting
Parent(s)	Mir Seddique Mateen (father)
Killings
Date	June 12, 2016 c.  2:00 a.m. – c.  5:00 a.m.
Location(s)	Orlando, Florida, United States
Target(s)	Patrons of Pulse gay nightclub
Killed	49
Injured	53
Weapons	SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol

Omar Mir Seddique Mateen (November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American mass murderer who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police. It was both the deadliest shooting by a single shooter and the deadliest act of violence against LGBT people in United States history.

Prior to the shooting, he had been investigated for connections to terrorism by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2013 and 2014. During that period, he was placed on the Terrorist Screening Database, but subsequently removed. In a call to 9-1-1 during the shooting, Mateen identified himself as "Mujahideen", "Islamic Soldier", and "Soldier of God"; and pledged his allegiance multiple times to the Sunni militant jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He said the shooting was "triggered" by an airstrike in Iraq that killed Abu Wahib, an ISIL commander, weeks before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Mateen