ORLANDO, Florida — Orlando police dispatchers heard repeated gunfire, screaming and moaning from patrons of the Pulse nightclub who called to a report that gunman Omar Mateen was opening fire inside the club.
A written report on the 911 calls that came into police dispatchers on June 12 from the gay nightclub was released Tuesday.
The first call of “shots fired” came in at 2:02 a.m. and the caller reported “multiple people down.”
One caller said Mateen had gone upstairs where six people were hiding, and another caller said she thought Mateen had run out of bullets.
Dispatchers heard up to 30 gunshots in the background at one point and callers screaming and moaning.
One dispatcher says in the report, “My caller is no longer responding, just an open line with moaning.”
Mateen fatally shot 49 patrons and injured another 53 people during the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
