In photos: Massive casualties in Orlando club shooting
Police identify the shooter as Omar Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, Fla.
An injured person is escorted out of the Pulse nightclub after a shooting rampage.Steven Fernandez/The Associated Press
An injured man is escorted out of the Pulse nightclub after a shooting rampage/Steven Fernandez/The Associated Press
A view of the scene following a shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.Univision Florida Central/Han
Medical personnel examine a body at the Orlando Medical Examiner's Office.Alan Diaz/The Associated Press
Mina Justice shows a text message she received from her son Eddie Justice at Pulse nightclub during a fatal shooting.Mina Justice
In hail of gunfire in which suspect was killed, an OPD officer was hit. Kevlar helmet saved his life.
Friends and family members embrace outside Orlando Police headquarters after a fatal mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub.Steve Nesius/Reuters
Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police HeadquartersSteve Nesius/Reuters
Ray Rivera, a DJ at Pulse Orlando nightclub, is consoled by a friend.Joe Burbank/The Associated Press
Donors line up outside to sonate blood for the victims of the shooting at the gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando.Loren Elliott/The Associated Press
Rev. Shirley Strader talks on the phone at the LGBT community center in Orlando, Fla.Sarah Beth Glickstein/The New York Times
Omar Mateen, 29, a US citizen of Afghani descent from Port St. Lucie, Florida, has been named as the gunman in the mass shootings at the Pulse nightclub.Handout/AFP / Getty Images
Annette Stubbs, a pastor at a local church, prays for victims a few blocks from a crime scene.Loren Elliott/The Associated Press