After New Zealand Massacre, Orlando Mourns
• Orlando is reacting to the Christchurch mass shooting.
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• Orlando is reacting to the Christchurch mass shooting.
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• The Orlando City Council on Monday approved the installation of 49 markers at Greenwood Cemetery in memory of the Pulse victims.
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• The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a ballistic report on bullets recovered from the Pulse nightclub shooting. WMFE is still examining the report, and more information will be released as it is gathered.
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• Officers shot no club-goers as they pursued the Pulse gunman, according to a review unveiled Wednesday of law enforcement gunfire during the mass shooting that left 49 dead. The review conducted by State Attorney Aramis Ayala’s office found 14 officers fired more than 180 shots during five exchanges with the gunman.
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• The state attorney’s office has concluded a six-month investigation into the Pulse nightclub shooting, concluding no civilians were shot by law enforcement. The state attorney used the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s ballistic report, as well as witness accounts, video evidence and 911 calls.
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• “People like to say that wouldn’t have stopped Pulse from happening. That wouldn’t have stopped the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” said Brandon Wolf, a Pulse survivor. “Well nobody ever said one law in particular is going to end gun violence in this country. We have to take a comprehensive approach, and that’s why you’re going to hear several pieces of legislation talked about.”
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• A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit filed by more than 50 survivors and victims’ families in the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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• The onePULSE Foundation will hold a town hall forum Thursday on hate.
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• The National Police Foundation has issued an independent review of the Orlando Fire Department’s response to the Pulse nightclub shooting. The report, released Wednesday, largely corroborates an investigation by WMFE and ProPublica released in September finding the Orlando Fire Department failed to prepare adequately for a mass shooting, despite people within the organization sounding the alarm.
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• Orange County commissioners Tuesday approved $10 million for a Pulse memorial and museum.
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