'He is gonna try to kill cops… He's not coming out:' Newly released 911 calls lay bare the terror and panic in the aftermath of Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting 

  • Calls released Monday reveal negotiators' attempts to call Omar Mateen
  • Two employees can be heard discussing the shooter, saying he was 'sober'
  • Keep trying to call in vain; one says Mateen has warned about more attacks
  • Another call came from a woman whose sister was injured and bleeding
  • Someone called about friend and brother-in-law were hiding in bathroom

Newly released 911 calls give a chilling glimpse into the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting - and how authorities frantically tried to stop it.

The city of Orlando released a new batch of calls Monday after a judge's order. One of them features negotiators trying repeatedly to reach shooter Omar Mateen on his phone during the attack, which left 49 victims dead on June 12.

Negotiators did eventually speak to Mateen, who confessed to the shooting and pledged allegiance to 'Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State'. Monday's calls reveal their struggle to reach the gunman and gives insight as to how authorities responded that night.

Another call came from a woman who frantically dialed 911 as her sister lay bleeding and unresponsive outside the nightclub after getting shot.

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Newly-released 911 calls give a glimpse into the chilling aftermath of the June shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 victims dead. Officers are pictured outside of the club that night

Newly-released 911 calls give a glimpse into the chilling aftermath of the June shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 victims dead. Officers are pictured outside of the club that night

Negotiators tried many times to reach Mateen, who didn't respond to most calls. They managed to speak to him and talked about the shooter as they placed call after call. 

'He sounds sober as the day is long and not stressed at all, so I think he's committed, I just don't think he's ready,' one negotiator said.

Another asked whether calling Mateen repeatedly was the best strategy. 

'Do you see another tact beside keep hitting him like I'm doing it?' he asked. 'I mean you've got to be straight up with him, and we're not going to go away.'

Mateen, according to the negotiators' conversation, told them he had said his prayers and warned about other attacks in the future 'in the name of the Islamic State'. 

'He sounds like he's stoned to be perfectly honest,' one of the people trying to reach Mateen said.

In the background, one negotiator can then be heard saying: 'He is gonna try to kill cops. He's not coming out.'

One of the men asked: 'Can we get the phone number to Pulse and call him?' Someone replied: 'God knows who's gonna to pick up though. It could be another victim.'

A woman called 911 that night to inquire about her friend and brother-in-law who were hiding in a bathroom during the shooting.

'I just wanted to see if they were getting rescued. He's bleeding a lot,' she said. 

The dispatcher told her another dispatcher was on the phone with them and responders would try to get them out soon.

Another woman called around 2:38 am in a state of panic. She hyperventilated and between sobs told the dispatcher that her sister was outside Pulse nightclub, unresponsive and bleeding from her back on the side.  

'Am I supposed to do something?' the caller asked.

Negotiators can be heard trying to reach shooter Oman Mateen (pictured)

Negotiators can be heard trying to reach shooter Oman Mateen (pictured)

The dispatcher asked whether the victim was bleeding a lot. The caller said it looked like she was.

'I need you to get a clean dry cloth or a towel for me. Or whatever it is that you have. I need you to apply some pressure, okay? Put it right on the wound and apply some pressure so we can stop the bleeding, okay?' the dispatcher replied.

The woman sobbed desperately. The dispatcher tried to calm her down, asking her to breathe deeply and telling her help was on the way.

The dispatcher told her to talk to her sister to distract her from the pain. She asked repeatedly what the victim's name was.

The caller breathed heavily as she tried to compose herself before talking to her sister.

The call ended shortly afterwards.

Other people called after hearing noise in the area, unaware that there had been a shooting. 

Mateen was shot and killed after a three-hour standoff with SWAT team officers.

WHAT PULSE SHOOTER OMAR MATEEN TOLD NEGOTIATORS

Omar Mateen's conversations with negotiators was captured in 911 calls released last month. 

In the first call, Mateen sounds as if he's speaking in Arabic before saying calmly in English: 'I want to let you know I'm in Orlando and I did the shooting.'

The 911 dispatcher asked him repeatedly what his name was, to which Mateen replied: 'I pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State.'

In another call, a negotiator asked: 'Can you tell me where you are right now so I can you get some help?'

Mateen replied: 'No. Because you have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. They are killing a lot of innocent people. What am I to do here when my people are getting killed over there. You get what I'm saying?'

He later added: 'They need to stop the U.S. air strikes. You have to tell the U.S. government to stop bombing. They are killing too many children, they are killing too many women, okay?

The negotiator asked Mateen what his name was. Mateen told him to call him 'solider of God' or 'Mujahideen'. He called Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who committed the Boston marathon bombings with his brother Dzhokhar, his 'homeboy'.

As the negotiator continued tying to get in touch with him.

'You're annoying me with these phone calls and I don't really appreciate it,' he said.

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