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Terror at 2 a.m.: Mass Shooting at Orlando Gay Club

Inside the aftermath of the shocking attack on a Florida LGBT hotspot.

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A man lays flowers at a memorial outside The Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Manhattan, considered by some as the center of New York state’s gay rights movement, following the shooting massacre at Orlando’s Pulse gay nightclub.

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Terry DeCarlo, executive director of the LGBT Center of Central Florida, right, is comforted by an Orlando Police officer after the shooting early Sunday, June 12.

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Family members wait for word from police after arriving down the street from the scene of the shooting.

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Terry DeCarlo, executive director of the LGBT Center of Central Florida, center, is comforted by Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, right, after the attack.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott, center, addresses reporters during a news conference after the attack.

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President Obama speaks about the Orlando massacre—the worst mass shooting in U.S. history—from the White House.

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Hundreds of community members line up outside an Orlando clinic to donate blood after the attack.

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Bystanders grieve down the street from Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, where a gunman stormed the building and took hostages in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 12.

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The surrounding Orange Avenue remained on lockdown after police shot and killed a gunman who slaughtered at least 50 in a shooting rampage at the LGBT-friendly nightclub.

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The mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, arrives to a news conference with the city’s police chief, John Mina, after the shooting.

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Jermaine Towns, whose brother was inside Pulse nightclub when a gunman opened fire, waits with Brandon Shuford down the street from the scene of the crime.

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Stunned family members wait outside the emergency entrance of Orlando’s Regional Medical Center after the nightclub attack.

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A SWAT member from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department arrives at the scene of the shooting.

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Orlando Police Chief John Mina holds a press conference the morning after the attack.

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