Federal and local law enforcement are on the scene of two Treasure Coast homes that are linked to the suspected Orlando nightclub shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen.
The FBI, the Florida Division of Law Enforcement, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office and Fort Pierce Police Department, are at a Port St. Lucie home where they say Omar Mateen lived with his parents. The home is located in the 500 block of SW Bayshore Drive.
A second home at Woodland Condos on South 17th Street in Fort Pierce is said to linked with the shooter as well.
Police: Approximately 50 dead after Orlando nightclub shooting; shooter from Port St. Lucie
The gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people in the worst mass shooting in American history before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said.
Authorities were investigating it as an act of terrorism.
At least 53 other people were hospitalized, most in critical condition, officials said.
At the house of #OmarMarteen family in PSL. Large crowd gathering across the street @WPTV pic.twitter.com/Ml9rKMcaAR
— Andrew Ruiz (@AndrewNRuiz) June 12, 2016
At the house of #OmarMarteen family in PSL. Large crowd gathering across the street @WPTV pic.twitter.com/Ml9rKMcaAR
— Andrew Ruiz (@AndrewNRuiz) June 12, 2016
Law enforcement presence continues to grow @WPTV pic.twitter.com/Fa3VzfEUtO
— Gabrielle Sarann (@GabrielleSarann) June 12, 2016
VID: police + FDLE on scene roping off area @WPTV pic.twitter.com/ur0TndbVql
— Gabrielle Sarann (@GabrielleSarann) June 12, 2016
Law enforcement outside home on Sw Bayshore Blvd where suspected club gunman Omar Mateen may have lived @WPTV pic.twitter.com/0habuUzawd
— Gabrielle Sarann (@GabrielleSarann) June 12, 2016