The president, speaking at the White House, reiterated some of what we already know about Omar Mateen. News reports say she is cooperating with investigators. …Īuthorities are considering filing criminal charges against Noor for failing to tell them what she knew before the brutal attack, law enforcement officials say, but no decision has been made. She told the FBI that she once drove him to the gay nightclub, Pulse, because he wanted to scope it out. Omar Mateen's wife, Noor Zahi Salman, told the FBI she was with him when he bought ammunition and a holster, several officials familiar with the case said. He did not elaborate.Īnd, Dyer said, Mateen had threatened to strap explosives onto the hostages, hastening the decision to send a SWAT team to the location to end the standoff. “What I know concretely is that he was driving around that evening and visited several locations,” Dyer said. On Tuesday, news reports said Mateen’s wife, Noor Zahi Salman, helped him scout the Pulse nightclub.īuddy Dyer, the Orlando mayor, said Mateen drove around several locations in the Orlando area Saturday evening, before he picked Pulse. attorney, declined to comment on whether charges would be brought against anyone in the case, merely saying investigators were talking to several other people in connection with the attack that killed 49 people. ‘‘We need your help in developing the most complete picture of what he did and why he did it,’’ FBI agent Ron Hopper said at a news conference. The FBI sought the public’s help Wednesday to construct what led Omar Mateen to select the Pulse nightclub as the target of his attack on Sunday. All updates are in Eastern Standard Time. President Obama said at present investigators “ do not have any information to indicate that a foreign terrorist group directed the attack in Orlando.” But, he added, it’s clear Mateen was radicalized over the Internet. attorney declined to say if anyone would be charged in the attack. She told federal agents she tried to talk him out of Sunday’s attack. News reports say Mateen’s wife might have been aware of the plot to attack Pulse. He also said the attacker drove around several locations in the city before killing 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub. Orlando’s mayor says Omar Mateen threatened to strap explosives onto his hostages at the Pulse nightclub.