Orlando club killer Omar Mateen wanted to spare black people as he carried out
the country’s deadliest mass shooting in modern history, a survivor said Tuesday.
Patience Carter, 20, said she was hiding in a bathroom at Pulse nightclub as Mateen spoke to hostage negotiators over the phone.
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hen he hung up, he “started speaking in Arabic” and then asked, “Are there any black people in here?” Carter said, according to CBS News.
She was too scared to speak up, but someone else in the bathroom did respond.
“I don’t have a problem with black people,” Mateen reportedly said. “This is about my country. You guys suffered enough.”