ORLANDO, Fla. – Here's the latest about the Pulse nightclub shooting, which happened three years ago Wednesday.
- 49 slain inside Orlando nightclub in 2016
- Church bells ring to honor victims (See video below)
- SWAT team kills gunman Omar Mateen after 3-hour standoff
1:15 p.m.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has re-issued a proclamation marking the third anniversary of a massacre at a gay nightclub on Latin night, this time mentioning the gay and Hispanic communities.
The Republican governor on Wednesday issued what his office called a "corrected" version of the proclamation remembering the 49 people who were killed at the Pulse nightclub in June 2016.
DeSantis was criticized by a Democratic state lawmaker and others for omitting any mention of the gay or Hispanic communities in the original proclamation.
His communications director said in an email that staff members made in an error in the previous proclamation. She said the governor directed a reissue of the proclamation to mention the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities.
1 p.m.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will visit Pulse on Wednesday, three years after 49 were slain inside the Orlando gay nightclub.
DeSantis was chided by a Democratic lawmaker for not including the LGBTQ community in his proclamation that ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.
Gunman Omar Mateen was killed after a police standoff.
10:55 a.m.
Floridians and others around the world are remembering the three-year anniversary of a massacre at a gay nightclub on Latin night that left 49 people dead.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation for Wednesday ordering state flags to be lowered to half-staff and asking Floridians to pause to remember the victims of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Democratic state Rep. Anna Eskamani criticized the Republican governor for not mentioning in the proclamation that the attack was on the gay community.
DeSantis later tweeted that the state mourned the loss of life from the attack that "targeted the LGBTQ and Hispanic community, and Florida as a whole."
Gunman Omar Mateen was killed after a three-hour standoff by SWAT team members. He had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.