--- description: Law enforcement arrested Noor Salman, wife of Omar Mateen, who carried out the mass shooting in Orlando. title: Wife of Orlando Mass Shooter Omar Mateen Arrested image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0931c3868e670b/69889bfffb4eaca35f88e4ad/pulse-nightclub-break-in-overnight.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Orlando Shooting](/tag/orlando-shooting/) ## Orlando Shooting Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Wife of Orlando Mass Shooter Omar Mateen Arrested  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 16, 2017 5:24 PM CUT  A memorial outside the Pulse nightclub on July 11, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. A memorial outside the Pulse nightclub on July 11, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.John Raoux—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jan 16, 2017 5:24 PM CUT Law enforcement arrested the wife of the man who carried out the [mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando](http://time.com/4473259/orlando-pulse-nightclub-911-calls/ "undefined"), a federal official said Monday. The FBI reportedly charged [Noor Salman](http://time.com/4553844/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-wife-noor-salman/ "undefined") with obstruction in connection to the June attack on Pulse Nightclub that killed 49 people and wounded dozens, according to the Associated Press. The FBI first interrogated Salman immediately after her husband Omar Mateen went on a shooting rampage at Pulse on June 12, 2016\. [Mateen](http://time.com/4411523/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-omar-mateen-muslim/ "undefined") died in a shoot-off with police. Salman was arrested outside her San Francisco home and is expected to appear in federal court on Tuesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4635793/noor-salman-omar-mateen-orlando-pulse-shooting-arrested/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4635793/noor-salman-omar-mateen-orlando-pulse-shooting-arrested/"},"headline":"Wife of Orlando Mass Shooter Omar Mateen Arrested","datePublished":"2017-01-16T17:24:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:44:44.522Z","description":"The attack on the nightclub killed 49 people","url":"https://time.com/4635793/noor-salman-omar-mateen-orlando-pulse-shooting-arrested/","keywords":["Orlando Shooting","Crime","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0931c3868e670b/69889bfffb4eaca35f88e4ad/pulse-nightclub-break-in-overnight.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0931c3868e670b/69889bfffb4eaca35f88e4ad/pulse-nightclub-break-in-overnight.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"pulse nightclub break in overnight","caption":"pulse nightclub break in overnight","creditText":"John Raoux—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/orlando-shooting/","name":"Orlando Shooting"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4635793/noor-salman-omar-mateen-orlando-pulse-shooting-arrested/","name":"Wife of Orlando Mass Shooter Omar Mateen Arrested"}}]}] ```