FL - Mass Shooting at Pulse Nightclub, Orlando 12 June 2016 #6

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Lawyer for Pulse survivors has two weeks to file more specific lawsuit

Solomon Radner, the Michigan-based attorney representing more than 50 Pulse survivors, said he wanted to get more records from the city before naming any officers. He asked that city officials search through their records for the names of his clients and give him any reports where they are mentioned before he rewrites the complaint, assuming that those reports would also have the names of the officers who detained them. Byron declined to allow that.

“I can’t tell you how to file the suit, but there are no special rules that apply to anyone, no matter how tragic the case is. I have to follow the law,” Byron said. “I don’t deviate from the law — ever.”

In the weeks and months after the attack, city officials released dispatch reports that say when each officer arrived at the club, as well as officers’ written accounts of what they did that morning. Those documents, released in response to public-records requests from reporters, are still available on the city’s website with some redactions.

Radner now has two weeks to file another complaint, Byron said. Even if he cannot find the name of each officer, he should at least describe exactly what each survivor went through and how his or her rights were violated, Byron said.
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Judge Rules to Keep Pulse-Related Lawsuits in Orange County

December 19, 2018

"...There has been a flurry of lawsuits filed in state and federal courts in Florida and Michigan since the June 12, 2016 nightclub attack that killed 49 people and injured 53 others.

Dozens of survivors and victim family members are suing the gunman’s widow, Noor Salman, and his employer, G4S Security.

The suits allege that G4S and Salman were aware of Omar Mateen’s mental instability and desire to carry out an attack...."

Judge Rules to Keep Pulse-Related Lawsuits in Orange County
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Watch: State Attorney holds news conference about Pulse Nightclub shooting

Feb 13, 2019

"The State Attorney who represents Orange and Osceola Counties is holding a news conference about the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016.

State Attorney Aramis D. Ayala is providing an update on the investigation...."

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=317287919136982

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Police fired final bullet into Pulse gunman to eliminate threat (with clip)

February 13th 2019

"ORLANDO (CBS12) — Investigators in Orlando said law enforcement officers who responded to the shooting at the Pulse nightclub engaged with the gunman on five different occasions, and fired a final bullet into the body of Omar Mateen to eliminate the threat.

The State Attorney's Office made the revelation during a news conference Wednesday, in which authorities broke down in detail the five engagements by officers at the club on the night of June 12, 2016.

Authorities said more than 400 shots were fired that night by 15 people. The gunman fired at least 186 rounds from his rifle before it jammed and at least 22 rounds from his handgun. Seven shots hit the shooter. Not one shot hit a civilian, authorities said.

A total of 14 law enforcement officers fired their weapons in different engagements with the shooter, authorities said. Eleven of those were with the Orlando Police Department and three were with the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

All of the officers who responded to the shooting were cleared, the State Attorney said...."

Police fired final bullet into Pulse gunman to eliminate threat
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Erin MacPherson‏ @ErinCBS12 21h21 hours ago
The State Attorney’s Office for Orange and Osceola Counties cleared all officers/deputies who responded to the #PulseNightClub shooting where 49 people were killed and dozens others injured. They confidently say no law enforcement bullets hit any civilians. @CBS12

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FBI lab tests of bullets from victims of Pulse nightclub shooting inconclusive, report shows

Feb 28, 2019

"ORLANDO, Fla. — The FBI’s testing of bullets recovered from victims of the Pulse massacre was unable to conclusively determine who fired the shots that killed them, a report released Thursday by the agency shows.

The release comes two weeks after the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office said it had determined that none of the Pulse victims were wounded by the 14 law enforcement officers who fired their weapons during the police response to the June 12, 2016, mass shooting.

Deborah Barra, chief assistant for State Attorney Aramis Ayala, said Thursday that the FBI’s report “was compared to and analyzed with medical examiner reports, eyewitness statements and video evidence” during the SAO’s probe....

...the bullets pulled from victims were found to lack identifiable marks that either could definitively match them to one of shooter Omar Mateen’s guns or eliminate the possibility they were fired by a law-enforcement weapon, the report shows....

...A batch of 18 .223-caliber bullets and fragments could not be conclusively assigned to Mateen’s gun or a law-enforcement weapon. “Due to a lack of sufficient corresponding microscopic marks of value, no conclusion could be reached,” the report said....

Orange County Sheriff John Mina, who was Orlando’s police chief at the time of the mass shooting, responded to the release of the FBI report Thursday by citing the findings of Ayala’s office.

“All officers and deputies were cleared by the State Attorney’s Office,” Mina said in a statement on Twitter. “They concluded based on evidence that none of the rounds fired by law enforcement killed or injured anyone but the shooter and that their actions were reasonable and justified.”..."

FBI lab tests of bullets from victims of Pulse nightclub shooting inconclusive, report shows
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Bill aims to make Pulse shooting site federally recognized memorial

June 10, 2019

"Just a couple of days shy of the three-year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, members of central Florida's congressional delegation are introducing legislation that would designate the site of the massacre as a national memorial.

U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Stephanie Murphy said Monday at a ceremony outside the once-lively nightclub and now interim memorial, that the designation will preserve and protect Pulse nightclub for future generations and give it the federal recognition it deserves.

Federal recognition of the site would mean the memorial would be part of the national park system, would receive government protection and would be able to collect public or private grants...."

Bill aims to make Pulse shooting site federally recognized memorial