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A former classmate of Omar Mateens 2006 police academy class said he believed Mateen was gay, saying Mateen once asked him out.
The classmate said that he, Mateen and other classmates would hang out, sometimes going to gay nightclubs, after classes at the Indian River Community College police academy. He said Mateen asked him out romantically.
We went to a few gay bars with him, and I was not out at the time, so I declined his offer, the former classmate said. He asked that his name not be used.
He believed Mateen was gay, but not open about it. Mateen was awkward, and for a while the classmate and the rest in the group of friends felt sorry for him.
He just wanted to fit in and no one liked him, he said. He was always socially awkward.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-was-gay-former-classma/nrfwW/?ecmp=pbp_social_twitter_2015_sfp
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Chris Hayes on MSNBC also interviewed someone about 30 minutes ago about this same story.