Above is the Myspace selfie taken by Omar Mateen, perpetrator of this morning's killings at a gay bar in Orlando, Florida. His ex-wife met Mateen online and moved to Florida to marry him. Her parents learned that he was beating her, and flew down to Florida to rescue her. From the Washington Post:
Her parents flew down to Fort Pierce and pulled her out of the house, leaving all her belongings behind. The ex-wife she said never had contact with Mateen again despite attempts by him to reach her.
“They literally saved my life,” she said of her parents.
According to Florida court records, the two formally divorced in 2011.
After learning about what happened in Orlando, she said: “I am still processing. I am definitely lucky.”
The popular bar had one uniformed security officer, who did exchange fire with Mateen. Over 300 people were in the small club. Why not more than one security guard? What are Florida's concealed carry and open carry laws?
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