Here’s the report’s account of Gruler’s initial confrontation with Mateen: The Justice Department in 2017 released a nearly 200-page report detailing the Orlando police response to the shooting. (The White House did not respond to our request for comment.)
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Trump’s latest statement on the Pulse shooting gives the impression clubgoers were defenseless, which was not the case. "When I said that if, within the Orlando club, you had some people with guns, I was obviously talking about additional guards or employees," Trump tweeted June 20, 2016. When I said that if, within the Orlando club, you had some people with guns, I was obviously talking about additional guards or employees- Donald J. Several days later Trump took to Twitter to clarify his statement after backlash from gun safety advocates and even the National Rifle Association, who said alcohol and guns don't mix. Our friends at flagged a similar statement after candidate Trump at a Jcampaign rally - days after the Orlando shooting - bemoaned that there were "no guns on the other side." This isn’t the first time Trump has made this erroneous claim.
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Soon after the first shots rang out, officer Adam Gruler, a 15-year veteran of the Orlando Police Department, exchanged gunfire with Mateen. Trump ignored the crucial fact that an armed, off-duty police officer in uniform was working security at the club that evening. On June 12, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded dozens more in a shooting rampage at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. An armed police officer working at Pulse exchanged fire with gunman