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| Orlando shooting: Mother receives heartbreaking texts from son trapped inside nightclub | Orlando shooting: Mother receives heartbreaking texts from son trapped inside nightclub |
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| A mother in Orlando received chilling text messages from her son while he was held hostage inside Pulse nightclub on Sunday morning. | A mother in Orlando received chilling text messages from her son while he was held hostage inside Pulse nightclub on Sunday morning. |
| Fifty people were killed and 53 were wounded when 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire in the nightclub. Mateen was killed after exchanging gunfire with police. | |
| Mina Justice said her 30-year-old son Eddie sent her several text messages while he was hiding in the women’s restroom. | Mina Justice said her 30-year-old son Eddie sent her several text messages while he was hiding in the women’s restroom. |
| “Mommy I love you. In club they shooting,“ the texts read. “Trapped in the bathroom. He’s coming. I’m gonna die.” | “Mommy I love you. In club they shooting,“ the texts read. “Trapped in the bathroom. He’s coming. I’m gonna die.” |
| "The next text said: 'He has us, and he's in here with us,'" Justice told NBC News. "That was the last conversation.” | |
| Officials later announced that Eddie was killed by the gunman. |
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