Police reveal names of Orlando club shooting victims
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday evening in Greenwich Village to reflect on the violence and leave flowers, candles and letters beside a sign reading "Stop Hate." 'Afghan American' shooter kills 50 in US nightclubīut "you'll see a lot of additional police presence on the streets of the city," he added, stressing: "No city in the world is better prepared to stop terror, to stop hate." He said there were no credible threats directed at New York City. In the wake of the attack by a heavily armed assailant, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all flags would be flown at half-staff in the largest US city and that security measures have been strengthened, in particular around places associated with the LGBT community.ĭe Blasio told reporters that the shooting that also left dozens injured was "against our values."
US Muslim leader condemns Orlando attack, slams extremists The symbolic move came as the United States mourned the 50 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern US history, gunned down at a gay club in the Florida city. Select from premium Empire State Building Pride of the highest quality. New York's Empire State Building went dark late Sunday while the spire of One World Trade Center lit up in the colors of the gay pride flag in memory of the victims of the Orlando massacre. Find the perfect Empire State Building Pride stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. The Empire State Building goes dark in New York on June 12, 2016, in reaction to the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Fifty people died when a gunman allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Florida, in the worst terror attack on US soil since September 11, 2001.