Orlando Medical Examiner Releases Nightclub Shooter’s Body

Omar Mateen’s remains were kept separate from the 49 victims

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The county medical examiner has released the body of the gunman in the Orlando nightclub massacre that left 49 dead and is considered the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

County officials said Monday that the medical examiner was no longer in possession of 29-year-old Omar Mateen’s body, but declined to provide further details. The identity of the person who claimed the body is unknown. Officials also refused to make his autopsy report public.

The medical examiner previously had said the agency’s office kept Mateen’s body separate from the 49 victims who died at gay nightclub Pulse.

Mateen opened fire at the nightclub early on June 12, killing 49 victims; he also died during the siege, though details concerning his cause of death have not been released. It is presumed that Mateen was shot and killed when law enforcement stormed the nightclub, concluding the three-hour standoff.

On Monday the FBI released a partial, redacted transcript of three 911 calls.

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