2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting: Noor Salman Held Until Charges Filed
The 2016 nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida was considered one of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States, killing 49 and wounding 53, in an act committed by Omar Mateen who was shot and killed by officers after a three-hour standoff.
Not only was the 2016 Orlando Nightclub shooting considered one of the worst of its kind, but also said to be one of the deadliest terrorist attacks since those on the World Trade Center on September 11.
The tragedy also set off a combative debate within various social circles on issues that were quickly politicized among conservatives as radical Islamic terrorism, and the LGBT and Latino communities in and outside Orlando, Florida over the shooting as a hate-crime.
The New York Times initially covered the aftermath of the 2016 Orlando nightclub (Pulse) shooting, reporting that Omar Mateen’s widow, Noor Salman, was arrested by the FBI on January 16, in San Franciso, California, thousands of miles away from where she and Mateen lived in Orlando, Florida.
