Orlando, Florida

====2016 mass shooting====

{{main|Orlando nightclub shooting}}
On June 12, 2016, more than 100 people were shot at [[Pulse (nightclub)|Pulse]], a [[gay bar|gay nightclub]] in Orlando. Fifty (including the gunman) were killed and 60 were wounded. The gunman, whom the police [[SWAT team]] shot to death, was identified as 29-year-old [[Omar Mateen|Omar Mir Seddique Mateen]], an American security guard. The act of terrorism was both the deadliest [[mass shooting]] in modern United States history at the time and one of the deadliest mass shootings perpetrated by a single person in recorded world history. Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State during his unsuccessful negotiations with police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-911-calls-released-orlando-shooting-20170922-story.html|title=Transcripts of 911 calls reveal Pulse shooter's terrorist motives|first=Caitlin|last=Doornbos|date=September 23, 2016 }}</ref> After the shooting, the city held numerous vigils. In November 2016, Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer announced the city's intention to acquire the Pulse Nightclub to build a permanent memorial for the 49 victims of the shooting. The city offered to buy it for $2.25&nbsp;million, but the club's owner declined to sell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-pulse-nightclub-no-sale-orlando-20161205-story.html|title=Pulse nightclub owner says she won't sell to city|first=Jeff Weiner, Gal Tziperman|last=Lotan}}</ref>