On June 11 , 2016 , Pulse , a gay nightclub in Orlando , Florida , was hosting Latin Night , a weekly Saturday-night event drawing a primarily Hispanic crowd . In what was the deadliest mass shooting and the worst terror attack since 9/11 to occur in the United States , a mass shooting then occurred which killed 50 people , including the shooter , and injured 53 . ISIL 's Amaq News Agency claimed that the assault , " ... was carried out by an Islamic State fighter " . The FBI identified the deceased gunman as Omar Mir Seddique Mateen , a 29-year-old American citizen born in New York to Afghani parents , and living in Port St. Lucie , Florida . Mateen called 9-1-1 during the attack and pledged allegiance to ISIL
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