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Shooting Reported at Gay Club in Orlando Shooting Reported at Gay Club in Orlando
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The Orlando, Fla., police responded early Sunday to reports of a shooting at a gay nightclub where “multiple injuries” were reported. The Orlando, Fla., police responded early Sunday to reports of a shooting inside a gay nightclub where “multiple injuries” were reported.
The shooting was reported at about 3 a.m. at Pulse, one of the largest gay nightspots in the Central Florida city. On its Twitter feed, the Police Department asked residents to “stay away from area.” The shooting was reported at about 3 a.m., after last call at Pulse, one of the largest gay nightspots in the Central Florida city. On its Twitter feed, the Police Department asked residents to “stay away from area.”
Phone camera videos shot at the scene show police cars, ambulances and other emergency vehicles outside the club on South Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. Police swept inside the club and about 5 a.m. set off a “controlled explosion,” the department said in its Twitter feed. A news conference scheduled for 4:30 a.m. was canceled.
Phone camera videos shot at the scene show police cars, ambulances and other emergency vehicles outside the club on South Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando. Streets around the the club were shut down for several blocks.
The club itself posted a message on its Facebook page about 3 a.m.: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.”The club itself posted a message on its Facebook page about 3 a.m.: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.”
Local television stations broadcast interviews with people outside the club and the Orlando Regional Medical Center, about three blocks away from the club, anxiously waiting to hear from people who they said were still inside.
WKMG and WESH broadcast interviews with the crowds milling outside the hospital. One woman said she rushed to the area after she got a call from her daughter, who said, “Please come get us and come get us now.”
The club, which calls itself “Orlando’s Latin Hotspot,” hosts an “Upscale Latin Saturdays” party on Saturday night with three DJs and a midnight show.