Mateen was killed during a firefight with police. The gunman was killed, but not before perpetrating the deadliest mass shooting in recent United States history.Īt least 49 people were killed, and more than 50 were wounded and taken to area hospitals. He took hostages, and after a three-hour standoff, police moved in. Police say 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at the club that calls itself the city's hottest gay bar. (Right) A Virginia Tech student stands by a cardboard "VT" that was part of a makeshift vigil placed on a drill field at Virginia Tech on April 17, 2007.Ĭharles Dharapak Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times Casey Templeton/APġ. (Left) Blacksburg police officers run from Norris Hall on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg on April 16, 2007. (Top) A candlelight vigil following the shootings on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007.
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