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Agents found no reason to think he was a credible threat, Comey said. In Washington, FBI Director James Comey defended the agency’s investigation of Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard from Fort Pierce, Florida, who was placed on a terror watch list and was looked into twice. He said there wasn’t any evidence the attacker was under direction from a terrorist network, or carrying out any group’s larger plot. The attack appears to be “homegrown terrorism” carried out by legally purchased firearms, President Barack Obama said in the Oval Office. Muslim leaders: Extremists don’t define us.Obama confronts Trump on ‘radical Islam’.“In the memory of all of those lost at the Pulse nightclub five years ago,’’ he said, “let us continue the work to be a nation at our best - one that recognizes and protects the dignity and safety of every American. Biden urged Congress to adopt stricter gun laws, including measures that would prevent gun buyers from bypassing background checks and that would ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. On Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the attack, Mr. Mateen, who was 29 and who was killed by the police, received any specific training or support from the Islamic State. Americans and, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman.įederal investigators have said they do not believe that Mr. Biden pointed out was the deadliest attack on L.G.B.T.Q. Omar Mateen, who had used Facebook to pledge his allegiance to the Islamic State, carried out the rampage at Pulse, which Mr. “It’s really important for the survivors to know we are not going away until the job is done,” she said. She recalled meeting with survivors of the Pulse shooting after the attack, and said their message was clear: “Stop this violence. Pelosi reiterated her support for tougher gun laws, including enhanced background checks. “Our hearts break again, thinking of how this sanctuary of safety and solidarity was violated by this horrific act of hatred, leaving behind unimaginable pain in the Orlando community.” Americans could enjoy music, dancing and celebration - a sense of community,” Ms. “Pulse was a peaceful haven where mostly young, mostly L.G.B.T.Q. Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, wearing a rainbow-colored ribbon, held a ceremony on Wednesday to recognize the passage of the legislation. “This is such a huge, I believe, sign to the community, the L.G.B.T.Q.+ community, that what happened at Pulse matters and it will never be forgotten.” Poma said of the memorial designation by Congress. “It is so meaningful to everyone here,” Ms. The site is currently home to an interim memorial that invites visitors to leave flowers and mementos at an “offering wall,” and to view the former nightclub building, according to the onePULSE Foundation, a nonprofit that was started by Barbara Poma, the former owner of the Pulse nightclub, to commemorate the lives lost in the attack. The federal legislation specifies that the national memorial will not accept federal funds and will not be part of the National Park system. The county, the state and multiple corporations have agreed to give millions toward the $45 million project. 49, named for the number of people killed in the rampage on June 12, 2016, is largely ceremonial and is part of an effort to transform the former site of the Pulse nightclub at 1912 South Orange Avenue into a permanent memorial that will feature a reflecting pool encircling the Pulse building and a nearby museum with vertical gardens, public plazas and a rooftop promenade. President Biden has said he plans to sign the legislation, “enshrining in law what has been true since that terrible day five years ago: Pulse nightclub is hallowed ground.” Five years after a gunman attacked a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 people and wounding dozens more, Congress has adopted legislation to formally designate the site as the National Pulse Memorial.