Orlando shooter texted wife during attack, source says

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

The Orlando shooter and his wife exchanged text messages during the Pulse nightclub rampage, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN. Around 4 a.m., about two hours after he started the attack and while holed up in a bathroom, Omar Mateen texted his wife, Noor Salman, asking if she'd seen the news, the official said.

At one point, she responded with a text saying that she loved him. Salman also tried calling her husband several times during the standoff, a second law enforcement official said. The timing of her calls came after reports of the attack had emerged, and apparently after she realized her husband might be responsible. He didn't answer, the official said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/16/us/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen/index.html

[yardwork]

1. I read that he was checking Facebook to read about his murder spree, too.

Narcissistic sicko.

[bluestateguy]

2. Yeah, she's getting indicted

She knew enough.

And the rest is for a jury to decide.

[ErikJ]

3. Maybe she was hoping for an easy way to get rid of him.

[MariaThinks]

5. i don't understand your response. She stood by while he was slaughtering people

[ErikJ]

8. Maybe she was desperate

and didnt care about that. But she was prob complicit.

[MFM008]

4. I wasnt sure until I read this

now she needs to do time.

[MariaThinks]

6. i kind of knew right away - this is the same as the other islamic terrorist cases

it's not just one person involved. It's a group to make a point about their religion.

this had nothing to do with mental illness. It was an act of hate inspired by a culture that believes in death to homosexuals and a father who hates homosexuals.

[truebluegreen]

15. I don't know if islamic terrorism was the greater motivation

or pure homophobia and self-loathing. There's plenty of other closeted gays in denial about their reality, and acting out with violence.

With his last-minute endorsement of ISIS, it sounds to me as if he was trying to dress his bigotry in a Higher Purpose.

[waddirum]

18. It's not a "culture" that believed in death to homosexuals

It's an individual who believed in death to homosexuals.

Quit trying to spread this man's guilt to a "culture" or an entire group of people. It was him alone, and possibly with the help of his wife.

[KittyWampus]

19. It most certainly -IS- a culture that believes in death to homosexuals:

Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punishable by death:

Yemen: According to the 1994 penal code, married men can be sentenced to death by stoning for homosexual intercourse. Unmarried men face whipping or one year in prison. Women face up to seven years in prison.

Iran: In accordance with sharia law, homosexual intercourse between men can be punished by death, and men can be flogged for lesser acts such as kissing. Women may be flogged.

Mauritania: Muslim men engaging in homosexual sex can be stoned to death, according to a 1984 law, though none have been executed so far. Women face prison.

Nigeria: Federal law classifies homosexual behavior as a felony punishable by imprisonment, but several states have adopted sharia law and imposed a death penalty for men. A law signed in early January makes it illegal for gay people countrywide to hold a meeting or form clubs.

Qatar: Sharia law in Qatar applies only to Muslims, who can be put to death for extramarital sex, regardless of sexual orientation.

Saudi Arabia: Under the country’s interpretation of sharia law, a married man engaging in sodomy or any non-Muslim who commits sodomy with a Muslim can be stoned to death. All sex outside of marriage is illegal.

Afghanistan: The Afghan Penal Code does not refer to homosexual acts, but Article 130 of the Constitution allows recourse to be made to sharia law, which prohibits same-sex sexual activity in general. Afghanistan’s sharia law criminalizes same-sex sexual acts with a maximum of the death penalty. No known cases of death sentences have been meted out since the end of Taliban rule in 2001.

Somalia: The penal code stipulates prison, but in some southern regions, Islamic courts have imposed sharia law and the death penalty.

Sudan: Three-time offenders under the sodomy law can be put to death; first and second convictions result in flogging and imprisonment. Southern parts of the country have adopted more lenient laws.

United Arab Emirates: Lawyers in the country and other experts disagree on whether federal law prescribes the death penalty for consensual homosexual sex or only for rape. In a recent Amnesty International report, the organization said it was not aware of any death sentences for homosexual acts. All sexual acts outside of marriage are banned.

[oberliner]

20. In which of those countries have people actually been put to death for homosexuality?

And in what numbers? Say over the last 10 years.

[Yo_Mama]

7. If true ... this gets even stranger and sadder.

Can anyone here imagine their spouse off shooting tons of people?

Can we imagine responding to contact from said spouse re mass shooting news with an "I love you, honey?"

I will never understand this. I'm sorry for their child.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

11. Radical religions tells you not to view "sinners" as people. n/m

[Thrill]

9. She knew he was going to do it

And if nothing else, knew enough to keep it from happening

[King_David]

13. I really hope you're not implying those victims were not brave. nt

[chernabog]

14. Fuck you

[JI7]

17. yup

[OneCrazyDiamond]

12. two hours after he started the attack

Uh, how long did this go on?

[maxsolomon]

16. 2 hours

stormed club at 2, killed at 4