5
Main
dance
floor
Patio
awning
4
3
Main
dance
floor
Patio
awning
2
1
Main
dance
floor
Patio
awning
3 | 2.30am
Mateen reenters the club after shootout with police officer
4 | 2.30–5am
People hide in the toilets and text their families. A hostage situation develops. Police have not released details of the negotiations
5 | 5am
Police set off two explosions to disorient Mateen. Armed officers enter the club and an armoured vehicle smashes through the toilet wall to rescue the hostages. In the ensuing gunfight the attacker is killed
1 | 2.00am
First reports of shots fired. It's not clear how the gunman entered the club
2 | 2–2.30am
A police officer on duty at the scene engages Mateen in a gun battle, drawing him out on to South Orange Avenue
Pulse
nightclub
East
Kaley
Street
Wadeview
Park
South
Orange
Avenue
Orlando
5
4
3
2
1
Toilets
South
Orange Ave
Main
entrance
Main dance floor
Patio
awning
1 | 2.00am
First reports of shots fired. It's not clear how the gunman entered the club
2 | 2–2.30am
A police officer on duty at the scene engages Mateen in a gun battle, drawing him out on to South Orange Avenue
3 | 2.30am
Mateen reenters the club after shootout with police officer
4 | 2.30–5am
People hide in the toilets and text their families. A hostage situation develops. Police have not released details of the negotiations
5 | 5am
Police set off two explosions to disorient Mateen. Armed officers enter the club and an armoured vehicle smashes through the toilet wall to rescue the hostages. In the ensuing gunfight the attacker is killed