"Out of respect for the victims of this horrific tragedy, law enforcement will not be releasing audio of the shooter's 911 calls at this time, nor will law enforcement be releasing audio or transcripts of the calls made by victims at the Pulse nightclub during the incident," the FBI said in a statement. The FBI on Monday released partial transcripts of telephone calls Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen made during his rampage on June 12. OM: I pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may God protect him, on behalf of the Islamic State. OM: My name is I pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of Islamic State. I let you know, I'm in Orlando and I did the shootings.
OM: Praise be to God, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of God. Omar Mateen (OM): In the name of God the Merciful, the beneficial Orlando Dispatcher (OD): Emergency 911, this is being recorded. "Unfortunately, the unreleased transcript that named the terrorist organizations and leaders have caused an unnecessary distraction from the hard work that the FBI and our law enforcement partners have already been doing to investigate this heinous crime," a DOJ spokesperson said.
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The Department of Justice and FBI on Monday afternoon reversed their decision to release a censored transcript of the 911 call Mateen made from Pulse nightclub, and instead released the full transcript. "He hated Puerto Rican gays because of the bad things they did to him," Miguel reportedly said. One of the men, Mateen had told him, had HIV. In an accompanying article, Miguel reportedly told Salinas that Mateen didn't like Puerto Ricans because of an unprotected threesome he had with men he met at Pulse. The man, whose voice was disguised and appeared in a video interview with what appeared to be a mask and makeup, also said Mateen was attracted to Latinos but disliked Puerto Ricans.
"I've spent about four days of hell because my phone won't stop ringing," he said about his contact with investigators. Univision noted they have not been able to independently verify "Miguel's" story, but that the FBI did confirm officials have been questioning the man. "One time we were in bed together and I took my phone to take a selfie and he grabbed my arm and told me not to do it because we weren't a couple." "We never took a picture together, but it wasn't because I didn't want to," he told Univision's Maria Elena Salinas. In an interview with Noticias Univision, the man told the Spanish-language newscast he had been questioned by the FBI, and gave agents information about when and where he met Mateen.
Transcripts of these calls were released on June 20 by the FBI.