Caution: Although this video has been edited, it still may be triggering for some readers.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office in central Florida released police officer body camera video footage Thursday from the June 12 massacre at the LGBTQ nightclub Pulse in Orlando. A total of 49 people were killed dead and dozens more injured in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
The footage avoids showing the bodies of victims, so there are moments that have been edited out. Still, this is the closest perspective so far into what happened inside the club that night, as officers searched for terrorist Omar Mateen and attempted to save the lives of as many people as they could.
Watch the video below.
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