Timeline of Orlando shooting

PULSE NIGHTCLUB

Roof

5 metres 16 feet

Patio cover

FLORIDA

Tallahassee

Orlando

Miami

200km 125 miles

Men’s toilet

Women’s toilet

Exit

Lobby

Main entrance

Women’s toilet

Dance floor

Bar

Stage

Stage

Bar

Back exit

Outdoor deck

Jun 12, 02:02 local time (06:02GMT): Omar Mateen enters Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida,
armed with AR-15 type assault rifle and handgun, and opens fire. Around 320 people are inside

Off-duty officer working for club engages in gun battle with gunman near entrance

2:09: Pulse posts on Facebook page: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running”

More police officers engage Mateen inside, forcing him to retreat to toilet where he holds hostages

2:22: Mateen calls 911, beginning series of conversations with police during which he pledges allegiance to so-called Islamic State group. He says he has explosives, which spurs decision to launch rescue operation

Around 5:00: SWAT team storms building, detonating explosives and ramming rear wall with armoured vehicle. Some 30 people escape

Mateen emerges from hole in wall and is killed in shootout with police. At least 49 people killed and 53 injured in worst mass shooting in U.S. history

Source: Orlando Police Department

Picture: Associated Press