‘Praise be to God’: Mateen admits he’s the shooter in partial transcripts

Published June 20, 2016 3:22pm ET



Omar Mateen said “praise be to God” and admitted he was behind the June 12 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., according to partial transcripts of conversations between Mateen and authorities the FBI released Monday.

In the first early morning call, the shooter calls himself an Islamic soldier. Mateen later refuses to cooperate with hostage negotiators.

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