Florida shooter Omar Mateen, 29, was born in New York of parents who were immigrants from Afghanistan, according to a federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. He was carrying an AR-15 style assault rifle and a handgun, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said. He held two gun licenses and a security license and worked as a security guard for a company called G4S. Mateen has no criminal record, but had been twice investigated by the FBI for claiming he had links to IS in 2013 and 2014.
Florida shooter Omar Mateen, 29, was born in New York of parents who were immigrants from Afghanistan, according to a federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity. He was carrying an AR-15 style assault rifle and a handgun, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said. He held two gun licenses and a security license and worked as a security guard for a company called G4S. Mateen has no criminal record, but had been twice investigated by the FBI for claiming he had links to IS in 2013 and 2014.
