Omar Mateen posted this message on Facebook before attack

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The man who fatally shot 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend posted a warning on Facebook minutes before his shooting rampage, a source close to the investigation confirmed to CBS News Wednesday evening.

Omar Mateen, 29, told his Facebook friends that he and other Islamic State affiliates were preparing multiple revenge attacks on the U.S.

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