![Mourners attend a makeshift vigil and a moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-mass-shooting-christopher-morris-03.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Pulse Shooting Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/pulse-shooting-orland_wong.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Police forensics investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando Police and forensics investigators work at the crime scene of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-update-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-shooting-families-victims.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Police investigate the Pulse nightclub following a mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-mass-shooting-christopher-morris-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Nightclub Shooting Florida Tatiana Osorio cries while giving blood at the OneBlood blood center near the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016. Osorio lost three friends in the shooting.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-update-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A memorial honors the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-night-club-mass-shooting-pulse-christopher-morris-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A woman reacts as authorities investigate Pulse following a mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-mass-shooting-christopher-morris-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A reporter pauses at the Hampton Inn where relatives of victims gather for information in Orlando, Fla., on June, 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-update-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Nightclub Shooting Florida A remembrance for Eric Rivera, killed in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub, sits amongst a makeshift memorial for the victims in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-update-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Mourners attend a makeshift vigil for victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-night-club-mass-shooting-pulse-christopher-morris-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Aftermath of mass shooting attack at nightclub in Orlando, Florida Hundreds of people gather at a memorial outside of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-update-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A memorial honors victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting at the Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-night-club-mass-shooting-pulse-christopher-morris-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A mourner attends a makeshift vigil and a moment of silence for victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-mass-shooting-christopher-morris-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Reporters wait to interview relatives of victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 13, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/orlando-night-club-mass-shooting-pulse-christopher-morris-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Seddique_Mateen outside his Port St. Lucie Home.
Father of Omar Mateen Seddique Mateen, father of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen, outside his home in Port Saint Lucie, Fla., on June 14, 2016.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/seddique-mateen-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![U.S. President Obama and Vice President Biden depart makeshift memorial for shooting victims in Orlando, Florida U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Vice President Joe Biden depart a makeshift memorial after placing flowers in memory of shooting victims of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria -TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/obama-biden-orlando-memorial.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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