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Efter en fatal massenedskydning i Pulse, en homoseksuel natklub, tidlig søndag morgen, så er øjenvidneberetninger om nedskydningen i Orlando natklubben ved at dukke frem, og de er rystende. Beskydningen begyndte omkring kl 2 om natten, ifølge CNN, og resulterede i mindst 50 døde og 50 sårede. Orlando politichefen John Mina sagde at politiet skød og dræbte gerningsmanden, at massenedskydningen blev betragtet som et terrorangreb og at FBI var involveret [i efterforskningen].

Ifølge Reuters, så åbnede en politibetjent som arbejdede på et skift som sikkerhedsvagt ved natklubben ild mod skyderen, hvilket resulterede i en gidselsituation. Mina sagde søndag at gerningsmanden bar en angrebsriffel, et håndvåben, og et udstyr som myndighederne endnu ikke havde identificeret. Kort efter at den første politiofficer udvekslede skud med ham, så begyndte politiet at høre fra folk inde i klubben.. Omkring kl. 5, trang politibetjente ind i klubben og skød fatalt gerningsmanden. Reuters rapporterede at det var uklart hvornår han havde skudt dem som var dræbt og sårede.


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Since the shooting, those who were inside the club at the time have given their accounts of what it was like to be inside during the terrifying events at Pulse. Christopher Hansen, a patron who was inside the club, said afterwards that the gunshots came "just one after another after another. It could have lasted a whole song," according to CNN. USA Today reported that Hansen also described the scene at Pulse on a live video taken by Orlando Sentinel reporter Christal Hayes:
Bang! Bang! Screaming. And loud noises. The guy next to me was shot ... when I turned around to look everyone was falling and dropping and screaming
Hansen told Hayes that he was actually relieved by the sound of gunshots:
I just know when you hear the bang you're not shot, so I knew I was OK at that particular moment. I didn't know how long it would last.
According to Reuters, 53-year-old Javer Antonetti was also at Pulse and told The Orlando Sentinel
"There were so many (shots), at least 40... I saw two guys and it was constant, like 'pow, pow, pow'."
Anthony Torres, his sister, and some friends got up to leave right before the shooting started, he posted on his Facebook page:
It just hit me that I could have lost my sister Maria Torres My BF Alfredo Chavarria, Daisy Ivy Carballo, Dana Weigle Cole and Joey Kijo.. We were sitting in the VIP section right by the entrance.. We decided to get up and leave ... Not even a few seconds later is when it all started.. People where screaming and running looking for their loved ones along with seeing injured people sitting on the floor .. It was so surreal .. it seemed fake... This had to be planned...They are just pulling people out in stretchers loading them up.. Omg please god let everyone make it - tonight was supposed to be a fun night!! One more minute and we would of been shot or worse.. Thank god we got to our car in time ..
Mina said in a press conference Sunday morning that he believed storming the building saved 30 lives.

As USA Today noted, the Orlando police department is asking all witnesses to come to police headquarters at 100 S. Hughey Ave.