The FBI said it had investigated Mateen, a US citizen of Afghan descent, but had cleared him of extremist ties. The slaughter raised questions about US counterterror strategy and gun laws. The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the attack after haggling with Russia and Egypt over a reference to targeting gay people. However agents have talked extensively with Ms Yusufiy, who earlier described him as bi-polar and prone to violence. Mateen's wife, Noor Salman, was not cooperating with authorities, an unnamed law enforcement official told the Sentinel. 'I feel like it's a side of him or a part of him that he lived but probably didn't want everybody to know about.' that he very much enjoyed going to clubs and the nightlife'. Mateen's former wife Sitora Yusufiy, who has said he beat her, told CNN he 'confessed to me. Other club goers told local media and MSNBC News that Mateen had been using multiple gay apps, including Grindr, with mutual acquaintances to 'hook up.'Īnd a man who attended law enforcement training classes with Mateen in 2006 told the Palm Beach Post that the gunman had once asked him out on a date. 'He told us he had a wife and child.'Īnother Pulse regular, Kevin West, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen messaged him on and off for a year using a gay chat app. 'We didn't really talk to him a lot, but I remember him saying things about his dad at times,' Smith said.
