The evidence emerged during the trial of the shooter’s wife, Noor Salman, whom the federal government charged with aiding and abetting and obstruction of justice. Instead, the new evidence suggests, the Pulse nightclub shooting was intended as revenge for US anti-terror policies abroad. This evidence dramatically changes the mass shooting’s narrative politicians and individuals across the political spectrum had positioned it as an anti-LGBTQ hate crime. In fact, he allegedly had no idea Pulse was a gay club, and simply Googled “Orlando nightclubs” after finding that security at his original target, a major shopping and entertainment complex, was too high, as reported by. The government dismisses it as a drug dispute, however Mexican LGBT organizations have condemned this massacre as a homophobic attack.It’s been nearly two years since the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people - widely believed to be an act of aggression against the club’s LGBTQ clientele and “undeniably a homophobic hate crime.” There’s now conclusive evidence that the shooter wasn’t intending to target LGBTQ people at all. It appears authorities have tried to downplay the shooting but evidence shows otherwise. The mass shooting went mostly unreported in English language media and with the current situation in Mexico, was barely reported locally. He said that there were more than 15 dead and multiple wounded, who were taken to various hospitals.
He could see two dead people on the floor and the bar was empty.Īdding to this, a young man sent photos to both Regeneración and El Noreste media outlets that showed at least seven dead people.Ī 24-year-old employee at the gay bar, also told reporters that he witnessed an armed group enter the bar and shoot into a crowd of more than 400 people. When the shooting stopped, about 10 to 20 seconds later, absolute silence followed. He could hear the screams from the cupboard. Soon after they entered, the witness says they started shooting behind the bar and massacring people. He says he saw three subjects with weapons enter the bar, and that he had believed it was the police, who regularly monitor the bar. News outlet Regeneración reports that a witness who was entering the bar at the time of the shooting says he took refuge in a cupboard as soon as he heard the shootings.
The doctor, who works at Ignacio García Tellez hospital in Xalapa, said that among the wounded there was a 14 year old pregnant minor who suffered a severe wound in the leg and another one in the arm. Her comments are backed by various witnesses, including a local doctor who tended to the injured and knowing that the authorities would try to cover up the facts, told reporters at El Noreste there were more than 15 people dead. A local reporter notes “there were many more than what the government says, obviously”. The state prosecutor released a statement saying that there were 5 people killed in the shooting and 14 injured, of which 12 have been discharged from hospital, however Mexico has a long history of manipulating the media and of journalists being killed. On 22 May, the three gunmen entered Madame gay bar in Xalapa - a city in the state of Veracruz - and carried out a mass shooting, killing what is believed to be more than 15 people and injuring many others. More than 15 people are believed to have been killed in a mass shooting at a gay bar in Xalapa, Mexico a little over three weeks ago.