Florida: The gunman who killed 50 people at a nightclub in Orlando situated here in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S history was emotionally and mentally disturbed with a violent temper, yet aspired to be a police officer, his ex-wife said on Sunday.
Sitora Yusufiy, the former spouse of Omar Mateen, 29, identified as the shooter slain by police at the end of Sunday's massacre, also told reporters, that she was "rescued" by family members from her ex-husband after four months of a stormy marriage that ended in divorce.
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Earlier, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gave an aggressive response to the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, quickly claiming the attack was the work of an Islamist militant while calling on President Barack Obama to resign and for Democrat Hillary.
(With agency inputs)