UPDATE, 12:45 p.m.: 

President Obama delivered a statement on the Orlando shooting at 11 a.m. In case you missed it, the video is embedded below.

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#Orlando#GLBT WE SEE YOU. WE ARE W YOU. Our hearts ache for you. #blueheroes

— Andrew Mills (@ChiefAndyMills) June 12, 2016

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Fifty people were shot dead at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida early this morning. At least as many were injured, some critically. National news outlets are calling it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. It comes in the middle of Pride Month, the annual LGBT celebration that marks the anniversary of the Stonewall riots.

The suspect in the killing — Omar Mateen, an American citizen — was shot dead by police at the site, after a two-hour standoff. Investigators are now looking at whether the attack was connected to, or inspired by, radical Islamic terrorism.

COVERAGE:

• Orlando Sentinel
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• CNN
• “Omar Mateen, Terrorist Who Attacked Orlando Gay Club, Had Been Investigated by FBI,” Daily Beast.