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FBI Chief: I Won’t Use Orlando Shooter’s Name

To deprive him of “twisted notion of fame or glory.”

FBI Director James Comey refuses to use the name of the shooter who killed 49 people early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub in Orlando. During a Monday morning press briefing, reiterating what the FBI had discussed with President Obama, Comey noted: “You will notice that I’m not using the killer’s name and I will try not to do that.” He explained: “Part of what motivates sick people to do this kind of thing is some twisted notion of fame or glory. And I don’t want to be part of that for the sake of the victims and their families. And so that other twisted minds don’t think that this is a path to fame and recognition. So what I want to do is give you a sense of what we know so far and then tell you as much as I can about our past contact with the killer.”