ORLANDO — 2016 · Major Tragedy
The Pulse Nightclub Attack
In the early hours of 12 June 2016, during a 'Latin Night' at Pulse, an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, a 29-year-old gunman opened fire on the crowd. In a 911 call he pledged allegiance to the leader of ISIS, and the FBI treated the attack as terrorism. After a hostage standoff of about three hours, police stormed the club and killed him. Forty-nine people died and more than 50 were wounded; most victims were of Latino descent. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since 9/11 and the country's deadliest mass shooting until the 2017 Las Vegas attack. Orange County is building a permanent memorial on the site.
- Date
- 2016
- Place
- Florida, USA, Orlando, US
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 28.5196, -81.3769 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 12 June 2016The attack at Pulse began, followed by a three-hour hostage standoff.
- 12 June 2016Police stormed the club and killed the gunman; 49 people had died.
- May 2018An interim memorial opened at the site.
- 2025Orange County relaunched the permanent memorial project.
Sources
- Britannica — Orlando shooting of 2016 britannica.com ↗
- CNN — Pulse nightclub shooting: efforts to build a permanent memorial cnn.com ↗
- Orange County, FL — Pulse orangecountyfl.net ↗
- Britannica
- CNN
- Orange County Government
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