The wife of the man suspected of killing 49 people at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub previously tried to dissuade him from carrying out a terrorist attack, NBC reported Tuesday.
Officials familiar with the case told the network that Noor Zahi Salman admitted that she once drove her husband Omar Mateen to the Pulse nightclub where the attack was carried out because he wanted to scope it out. She also reportedly told the FBI that she accompanied him to buy ammunition and a holster prior to Sunday morning’s attack.
The timeline of these events was not clear from NBC’s breaking report.
The network also said that authorities are considering filing criminal charges against Salman for failing to share this information with law enforcement when it happened. Her husband was killed in a shootout with police at Pulse after slaying 49 and wounding 53.
Multiple news outlets reported that Omar Mateen was a regular at Pulse and had accounts on several gay dating sites though he was still married to Salman.
He was divorced from his first wife, Sitora Yusify, who claimed he was physically abusive.
When did she try to talk him out of it? Just before he placed the 911 call? Did he tell her before that? Did he tell her when they went to buy the ammo and holster? It really matters, and that part of the timeline is essential to the reporting. Where’s the follow up?
From an earlier John Judis post:
“In addition, Trump sounded an ominous note by insinuating (without evidence) that American Muslims were aware of the terrorists in their midst, but were not reporting them to authorities.”
Why is this all leaking out before anything near a full investigation is complete?
If she knew, charge her. She could have saved countless of lives. I get that he’s her husband but the least she could have done is called 911.
This bitch needs to be arrested and tried for 1st degree murder.