Orlando Gunman Reportedly Posted Message on Facebook Moments Before Attack

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen had reportedly posted a disturbing message to Facebook moments before carrying out the horrific attack on a gay nightclub.

CBS News obtained this reported message Mateen posted from Facebook before the attack:

NEW: Orlando gunman Omar Mateen posted the following Facebook status, moments before attack, source tells CBS News: pic.twitter.com/u1j5e0LZGv

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 15, 2016

And it had already been confirmed that Mateen had been apparently checking Facebook around that time:

Catherine Herridge: “#FoxNews has independently confirmed that…Omar Mateen was checking out his Facebook page during the massacre.”

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 15, 2016

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