Suspected Orlando shooter was known to FBI: FOX News

June 12, 2016 | By Reuters

Police cars and fire trucks outside the Pulse night club in Orlando

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Omar S. Mateen, the Florida resident suspected of killing 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was known to the FBI as recently as 2013, FOX News Channel reported on Sunday.

FOX News, citing unnamed sources, said the FBI had previously opened a file on Mateen.

(Reporting by Timothy Ahmann; Editing by Mary Milliken)

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