‘He’s a known quantity. He’s been on the radar before’: Worst mass shooter in US history Omar Mateen had been investigated TWICE by the FBI before Orlando gay club massacre

Sunday, June 12, 2016
By Paul Martin

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Suspected Islamic extremist opened fire inside Pulse gay club in Orlando in the early hours of this morning
He killed at least 50 people and injured 53 and took party-goers hostage before being killed by police
The FBI named Mateen a person of interest in 2013 and again in 2014
An investigation was opened into the 29-year-old but case was closed when no evidence came to light
FBI says Mateen may have ‘leanings to radical Islamic terrorism’ and it is being investigated as ‘an act of terrorism’
Mateen’s father claims the attack has ‘nothing to do with religion’ and said his son became angry after seeing two men kiss in public a few months ago

By MATT HUNTER
DailyMail.com
12 June 2016

Omar Mateen, now the worst mass shooter in US history, was a ‘known quantity’ to the FBI and investigated twice before he walked into an Orlando gay club and killed 50 innocent people.

Mateen, from Port St Lucie in Florida, shot more than 100 people and injured 53 others with an AR-15 assault rifle and handgun on the dance floor at Pulse on Sunday morning.

A senior law enforcement source told the Daily Beast that Mateen was a person of interest both in 2013 and again in 2014.

An investigation was opened into the 29-year-old, but the case was closed when no evidence appeared to warrant further probing.

‘He’s a known quantity,’ the source said. ‘He’s been on the radar before.’

An FBI spokesman said Sunday’s mass shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism, adding that they are looking into whether it was an act of domestic or international terror, and if the Mateen was a lone wolf.

The FBI believe Mateen, who was shot dead by officers, may have ‘leanings to radical Islamic terrorism’.

But his father, Mir Seddique, told NBC News his son became angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami several months ago.

‘This has nothing to do with religion,’ he said. ‘We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident. We weren’t aware of any action he is taking. We are in shock like the whole country.’

Twitter accounts which claim to be affiliated to the Islamic State have hailed the shooting, although DailyMail.com cannot confirm whether the terror group was behind the attack.

Mateen, a Muslim and father to a three-year-old son, was born in 1986 in New York and married Sitora Alisherzoda Yusufiy, who was born in Uzbekistan, in 2009.

His father told NBC News: ‘We were in Downtown Miami, Bayside, people were playing music. And he saw two men kissing each other in front of his wife and kid and he got very angry.’

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