Details are emerging about the mass shooting that took place around 3am this morning in Orlando. Gay nightclub, Pulse was targeted by a gunman.
Reports confirm that 50 people have been killed and a further 53 are injured.
The death toll makes it the worst mass shooting in the history of the US.
Now text message between one of the club goers and his mother have been released. The terrifying exchange demonstrates the victims fear during his last moments.
“Mommy I love you. In club they shooting” he writes frantically.
According to WFTV, the messages came from 30-year-old Eddie Justice and sent to his mother Mina Justice.
As Eddie text from inside the woman bathroom, Mina rushed to the scene.
“I’m gonna to die” read one chilling text.
“He’s in here with us” reads his final text.
Danny Banks, special agent in charge of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement spoke today.
“Do we consider this an act of terrorism? Absolutely, we are investigating this from all parties’ perspective as an act of terrorism,” he said.
“Whether that is domestic terrorist activity or an international one, that is something we will certainly get to the bottom of.”
Eye-witness Javer Antoinetti told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he witnessed two shooters.
“There were so many (shots), at least 40,” he said. “I saw two guys and it was constant, like ‘pow, pow, pow’” he said.
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