<p>Law enforcement personnel block off a street near Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP) </p>
June 12, 2016
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June 12, 2016 7:16 a.m.
50 slain in Orlando nightclub; worst mass shooting in US history
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history.