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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nABC News<\/a> reports that a man went into a night club last night in Orlando, Florida with a rifle and a handgun and took hostages. He killed 20 people and wounded 40 more.<\/p>\n At a press conference on Sunday at 7 a.m., FBI assistant agent in charge of the agency’s Tampa division Ron Hopper was asked if the shooter, who was shot and killed by police, had ties to Jihadist terror groups. “At this time we’re looking at all angles right now.” the official said. “We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that, that particular ideology. But right now we can\u2019t say definitively so we\u2019re still running everything around\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n CNN<\/a> says that the club, “Pulse” was a “gay nightclub”.<\/p>\n “It’s appears he was organized and well-prepared,” the chief said, adding that the shooter had an assault-type weapon, a handgun and “some type of (other) device on him.”<\/p>\n Orlando authorities said they consider the violence an act of domestic terror. The FBI is involved.<\/p>\n The shooting began around 2 a.m., and an officer responded, Mina said. The officer engaged in a shootout outside the club, after which the gunman ran into the club.<\/p>\n “That turned into a hostage situation,” Mina said. Authorities were getting calls from people inside the club but away from the gunman, the chief said. From the New York Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n The gunman was not from the Orlando area and was organized and well-prepared, the police said.<\/p>\n The gunman was found dead inside the Pulse nightclub, one of the largest gay clubs in Orlando, about 5 a.m. after a shootout with officers who were attempting to rescue dozens of people who were being held hostage, said Chief Mina. He confirmed that the gunman had been killed by the police.<\/p>\n The chief said it was difficult to assess the number of clubgoers who had been killed because many of the bodies had not been removed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nMore police rushed to the scene and broke down a door with an armored vehicle, helping some 30 clubgoers flee to safety, Mina said. At that point police shot and killed the gunman, he said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n