Search icon

News

13th Jun 2016

VIDEO: Chilling footage captured on Snapchat of moment Orlando gunman opened fire

WARNING - This contains footage which footage will find upsetting.

Laura Holland

WARNING – This contains footage which footage will find upsetting.

The world has been left reeling after the Orlando massacre, which saw 50 innocent people shot dead while enjoying a night out in Pulse nightclub. What happened on that night none of them could have expected and leaves families and friends all over the world mourning their deaths.

While we try to come to terms with the events that night, pieces of information about what happened in the club are beginning to unfold. From text messages from some of the victims to accounts of the last few minutes of the attack, we are gradually finding out what exactly happened.

But now chilling footage from within the club, taken from a Snapchat account of one of the victims, shows the moment the gunman opened fire.

Amanda Alvear, who has been named as one of the victims, shared a video on Snapchat and her friend who goes by the name of Stichs Nbc on Facebook has shared the footage.

Image and video via Facebook/Stichs Nbc