At least four regular customers of Pulse told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday they had seen Mateen there before. One of them, Ty Smith, told the newspaper he had seen him there at least a dozen times.
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Kevin West, another frequent patron of the club, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen had messaged him via the gay dating app Jack'd over the course of a year. They met only one, by chance: Sunday morning. West told the newspaper he was dropping off a friend at the nightclub when he saw Mateen — a man he recognized but didn't know by name — crossing the street with a cellphone and wearing a dark cap about 1 a.
I said, 'Hey,' and he turned and said, 'Hey,' and nodded his head," West told the newspaper. Multiple media outlets are reporting that some Pulse regulars recognized Mateen, saying that he had spent time at the nightclub before the shooting early Sunday. Meanwhile, at least two men have told the media they interacted with Mateen on gay dating apps.
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Investigators have not commented on the claims. The Orlando Sentinel writes that "at least four regular customers" at Pulse said they had seen Mateen before.
Ty Smith told the paper that Mateen would sometimes "get so drunk he was loud and belligerent. They noted that straight people patronized the club as well as gay people, and wouldn't speculate on Mateen's sexuality. His father was really strict," Smith said. New York, Read More.
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