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{{quote|The real Muslims will never accept the filthy ways of the west ... You kill innocent women and children by doing us airstrikes...now taste the Islamic State's vengeance.|Mateen in a Facebook post made the morning of the massacre.}} | |Image = Omar_Mateen.jpg | ||
|fullname = Omar Mir Seddique Mateen | |||
|alias = The Orlando Nightclub Shooter<br>The Pulse Shooter | |||
|origin = New Hyde Park, New York, United States | |||
|occupation = Security guard | |||
|type of villain = Fanatic Terrorist | |||
|goals = Kill everyone at Pulse (failed)<br>Join [[The Islamic State|ISIS]] (possibly successful) | |||
|crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>[[Domestic Abuse]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Hate crime]]s<br>[[Hate Speech]]<br>[[Misogyny]] | |||
|hobby = Praising terrorist attacks<br>Collecting guns | |||
}}{{quote|The real Muslims will never accept the filthy ways of the west ... You kill innocent women and children by doing us airstrikes...now taste the Islamic State's vengeance.|Mateen in a Facebook post made the morning of the massacre.}} | |||
'''Omar Mir Seddique Mateen''' (November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an Afghan-American mass murderer who killed 49 people and injured 53 others at Pulse, an LGBT nightclub in Orlando Florida before being killed in a shootout against the police. Before the shooting, police had called the FBI to check him out due to him claiming he was a part of the radical jihadist organization [[The Islamic State|ISIS]] in 2013 and early 2014. Before the attack, Mateen was a respected security guard working at the bar. | |||
At the time, the shooting was the deadliest [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] in American history, but was surpassed by the Las Vegas shooting perpetrated by [[Stephen Paddock]] a year later. The attack was also the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in U.S. history, and the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since [[9/11|September 11, 2001]]. He said the shooting was "triggered" by an airstrike in Iraq that killed [[Abu Waheeb]], an ISIS commander, six weeks before. | |||
At approximately 2:00 a.m. on June 12<sup>th</sup>, 2016, Mateen entered the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and began shooting. At 2:22 a.m., he made a 9-1-1 call in which he pledged allegiance to ISIS; referenced Boston Marathon bombers [[Tamerlan Tsarnaev|Tamerlan]] and [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], and | At approximately 2:00 a.m. on June 12<sup>th</sup>, 2016, Mateen entered the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and began shooting. At 2:22 a.m., he made a 9-1-1 call in which he pledged allegiance to ISIS; referenced Boston Marathon bombers [[Tamerlan Tsarnaev|Tamerlan]] and [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], and mentioned [[Moner Mohammad Abu Salha]], an acquaintance of his who died in a [[Suicide Bombing|suicide bombing]] in Syria for the [[Al-Nusra Front]] in 2014. According to FBI officials, Mateen made two other 911 calls during the shooting. He also called News 13 of Orlando and identified himself as the nightclub shooter; ''The Washington Post'' reported that “he had carried out the Pulse attack for the Islamic State”. Mateen took hostages after police arrived and engaged in a gunfight with him. At approximately 5:00 a.m., police shot and killed Mateen, ending the attack. | ||
== Childhood == | == Childhood == | ||
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# Luis S. Vielma — October 15, 1993 (22 years) | # Luis S. Vielma — October 15, 1993 (22 years) | ||
# Luis Wilson-Leon — February 26, 1979 (37 years) | # Luis Wilson-Leon — February 26, 1979 (37 years) | ||
# Jerald A. Wright — July 3, | # Jerald A. Wright — July 3, 1985 (30 years) | ||
==Other information== | ==Other information== | ||
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*There are multiple documented incidents of Mateen bullying classmates in elementary, middle, ''and'' high school. | *There are multiple documented incidents of Mateen bullying classmates in elementary, middle, ''and'' high school. | ||
*He reportedly began bringing a gun to college classes in the wake of the Virginia Tech Shooting. | *He reportedly began bringing a gun to college classes in the wake of the Virginia Tech Shooting. | ||
*He was reportedly physically and verbally abusive towards his first wife, Sitora Alisherzoda Yusufiy. | *He was reportedly [[Domestic Abuse|physically and verbally abusive]] towards his first wife, Sitora Alisherzoda Yusufiy. | ||
*Though he was never formally diagnosed, his first wife believed that he was bipolar and also reported that he had been addicted to steroids for a period of time. | *Though he was never formally diagnosed, his first wife believed that he was bipolar and also reported that he had been addicted to steroids for a period of time. | ||
*Some believe that Mateen may have been a closeted homosexual or bisexual, as he allegedly had accounts on apps such as Grindr and that a secondary motive for the shooting may have been out of self-hate. This has never been proven and is merely speculation. Though Mateen had shown signs of [[homophobia]], it has been confirmed that he did not pick Pulse for the shooting because of its clientele, and that his sole motivation for the attack was on behalf of ISIS. | *Some believe that Mateen may have been a closeted homosexual or bisexual, as he allegedly had accounts on apps such as Grindr and that a secondary motive for the shooting may have been out of self-hate. This has never been proven and is merely speculation. Though Mateen had shown signs of [[homophobia]], it has been confirmed that he did not pick Pulse for the shooting because of its clientele, and that his sole motivation for the attack was on behalf of ISIS. | ||
*Prior to pledging allegiance to ISIS, Mateen claimed to be a member of [[Hezbollah]]. | *Prior to pledging allegiance to ISIS, Mateen claimed to be a member of [[Hezbollah]]. | ||
*He had originally considered Walt Disney World Resort to perpetrate the shooting before settling on Pulse. | *He had originally considered Walt Disney World Resort to perpetrate the shooting before settling on Pulse. | ||
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