On June 12 , 2016 during the Orlando nightclub shooting , News 13 received a call from the perpetrator , Omar Mateen . He told News 13 at 2:45 a.m. , " I 'm the shooter . It 's me . I am the shooter . " He then said he was carrying out the shooting on behalf of ISIL and began speaking rapidly in Arabic . Mateen also said the shooting was " triggered " by a U.S.-led bombing strike in Iraq that killed Abu Wahib , an ISIL military commander , on May 6 , 2016
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
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