Snapchat audio captures screaming horror as Orlando gunman fired 24 shots in just 9 seconds inside nightclub massacre
- Snapchat taken outside Pulse club on Sunday captures gunshot sounds
- 24 shots are fired in just nine seconds as massacre unfolded in the club
- Gunman shot more than 40, killing 20, inside Pulse gay club in Orlando
- He took party-goers hostage at 2am on Sunday, ordeal dragged on to 5am
- Police believe he had 'leanings to radical Islamic terrorism', was not local
- Shooter, believed to be in his 20s, was 'possibly carrying a suicide vest'
A Snapchat video captured the sound of 24 gunshots being fired in just nine seconds at Orlando's Pulse nightclub on Sunday morning.
The footage obtained by WESH 2 News shows a dark street with police cars flashing in the distance.
In the background, there is the sound of one assault rifle firing two or more shots a second, and a woman's scream.
At the end of the video there is the sound of a gunshot from another gun.
The person filming says: 'Oh... my god... People are getting shot dude...'
A male voice next to him says: 'We need to get out of here.' But they stand there stunned as the gunshots keep going.
'This guy's firing out shots,' the friend adds.
The harrowing footage offers a glimpse into the horror that unfolded in Florida between 2am and 5am this morning.
At
least 20 people were killed when a suspected Islamic extremist took
party-goers hostage inside the gay nightclub, police said.
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The
killings took place less than four miles from where The Voice singer and
YouTube star Christina Grimmie, 22, was shot dead at The Plaza Live in
Orlando a day earlier on Friday.
An
FBI spokesman said the mass shooting is being investigated as an act of
terrorism. He explained authorities are looking into whether this was
an act of domestic or international terror, and if the shooter was a
lone wolf.
Police
said the gunman, who was shot dead, was believed to be in his 20s was
not a local man, while the FBI believe he may have 'leanings to radical
Islamic terrorism'.
Pulse's official Twitter account posted a message to party-goers.
'Everyone get out of Pulse and keep running,' the tweet read as bullets started flying at around 2am local time.
Around 5am authorities sent in a SWAT team to rescue the hostages, and the suspect then died in a gunfight.
Police
used an explosive device to distract the hostage taker and rescue
around 30 people. During the gunfire, an officer was shot, but he was
saved by his helmet.
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