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The Orlando Shooter Had 'Gay Tendencies,' According to His Ex-Wife

Omar Mateen was also allegedly active on gay dating apps and may have frequented Pulse, the nightclub where he staged his massacre.
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Speaking through her fiancé, the ex-wife of Omar Mateen, the man who shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a gay nightclub in Orlando this weekend, told a Brazilian TV station he had "gay tendencies," as the New York Postreports.

Sitora Yusufiy, who relayed information to the station through her Portuguese-speaking new partner, suggested she had seen Mateen's father call him gay, and that the "FBI asked her not to tell this to the American media." She previously indicated Mateen was "not a stable person."

Others who knew Mateen have come forward with vaguely corroborative stories, including a former police academy classmate who told the Palm Beach Post that Mateen asked him out and went with him to gay clubs.

Some regulars at Pulse—the nightclub where Mateen staged his massacre—say he frequented the club and used gay dating apps like Grindr, though the FBI is still investigating whether the visits were "efforts to scout the target or whether he was a patron of the club," according to USA Today.