Orlando, Fla. (NBC News) — Investigators are revealing more details about the deadly massacre inside Orlando’s Pulse nightclub.
Police say after storming into the club and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle and handgun, gunman Omar Mateen coralled hostages in a bathroom.
After an hours-long standoff, SWAT officers used explosives to blow a hole in one of the club’s walls, then widened the opening with an armored vehicle. That action allowed many of those inside to escape.
Mateen also exited through the hole, and was killed in a shoot-out with police.
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