Orlando gunman's 911 calls: Explosives threat to hostages

Killer said he had explosive vests and car rigged with bombs

Orlando gunman's 911 calls: Explosives threat to hostages

The gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida threatened to blow up a car rigged with bombs and to strap hostages into explosive vests, according to partial transcripts of 911 calls he made.

ā€œYou people are gonna get it, and I’m gonna ignite it if they try to do anything stupidā€, Omar Mateen said during one of the calls made from the Pulse nightclub in downtown Orlando, according to the transcript released by the FBI.

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