In an interview with Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas, the man -- who was called "Miguel" to protect his identity -- said he first met Mateen on the gay dating app Grindr.Univision reported the FBI told the network that investigators have spoken with this man, but a law enforcement official would neither confirm nor deny this to CBS News.
The official told CBS News senior investigative producer Pat Milton that Mateen was a frequent user of online dating sites seeking relationships with both men and women.Miguel added that he and Mateen also talked about religion.
"He said Muslim religion is beautiful, beautiful religion, where everything is about love," he said. "Everybody is welcome. Gay, trans, bisexual... everybody."
Miguel said that Mateen never appeared to be violent.
"He was looking for love," Miguel said. "He was looking to be embraced."
Men and women have come forward to the FBI claiming to have had a relationship with Mateen, according to the law enforcement official, and all of those claims are being investigated.
Miguel said in an interview with Univision that Mateen, who was killed by police during the rampage on the Pulse nightclub early on June 12, was gay. He described his relationship with Mateen as "friends with benefits."
He said the sexual relationship lasted about two months, and they met at a hotel in Orlando between 15 and 20 times.
Miguel told Univison that he believes Mateen intentionally targeted Latinos in retribution for feeling rejected by Puerto Ricans.
"I believe this is not terrorism," Miguel said, despite investigators saying Mateen called 911 and posted to Facebook to pledge allegiance to ISIS during the rampage.
Rather, Miguel claimed Mateen was acting on revenge after being with a Puerto Rican man whom he later learned was HIV positive.
"He hate gay Puerto Ricans for all the stuff he did to him," Miguel said. "I believe this crazy horrible thing he did was for revenge."
Miguel said that Mateen's wife knew he was gay, and that his father forced him into an arranged marriage.
Still looking for any reason other than Islamic terrorism.
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Well i don't see a lot of reports of gays taking over countries and killing those who don't convert to homosexuality.
So what if he was gay?
He SAID it was for ISIS.
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Still looking for any reason other than Islamic terrorism.
No, you're really NOT.
flan
No. I'm not.
But Apple is.
You are.
And other sympathizers are.
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He probably did, probably hated that he had those tendencies. Blamed it on other gays. That is not uncommon among people who are conflicted. He probably hated the conflict within even more since he was such an ardent terrorist supporter. What's your point?
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Both of you have been looking for any reason as long as it wasn't ISIS.
You don't want to bring attention to the evil.
You would rather it breed and grow in the dark.
If anyone calls it what it is, well, they're hates and racist and what ever else.
Just as long as ISIS is left alone.
Looks like sympathy to me.
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He probably did, probably hated that he had those tendencies. Blamed it on other gays. That is not uncommon among people who are conflicted. He probably hated the conflict within even more since he was such an ardent terrorist supporter. What's your point?
The point is he was a crazed lunatic, he lied about his life and I am willing to bet he lied about having any ties to ISIS at all. It was a cover for his dad, so he would not be caught being GAY.
I guess it's ok to just ignore his father's connections.
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The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban. A new message posted by the father on Facebook early Monday morning also makes it clear he could have passed anti-homosexual views onto his son.
Seddique Mir Mateen, father of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen, who died in a shootout with police after killing at least 49 people early Sunday morning, regularly attended Friday prayers at a Florida mosque with his son.
In the video posted early Monday, Seddique Mateen says his son was well-educated and respectful to his parents, and that he was "not aware what motivated him to go into a gay club and kill 50 people."
The elder Mateen says he was saddened by his son's actions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
He then adds: "God will punish those involved in homosexuality," saying it's, "not an issue that humans should deal with."
The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban. A new message posted by the father on Facebook early Monday morning also makes it clear he could have passed anti-homosexual views onto his son.
Seddique Mir Mateen, father of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen, who died in a shootout with police after killing at least 49 people early Sunday morning, regularly attended Friday prayers at a Florida mosque with his son.
In the video posted early Monday, Seddique Mateen says his son was well-educated and respectful to his parents, and that he was "not aware what motivated him to go into a gay club and kill 50 people."
The elder Mateen says he was saddened by his son's actions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
He then adds: "God will punish those involved in homosexuality," saying it's, "not an issue that humans should deal with."
Soooo...he was indoctrinated. Wanna see my shocked face?
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The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban. A new message posted by the father on Facebook early Monday morning also makes it clear he could have passed anti-homosexual views onto his son.
Seddique Mir Mateen, father of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen, who died in a shootout with police after killing at least 49 people early Sunday morning, regularly attended Friday prayers at a Florida mosque with his son.
In the video posted early Monday, Seddique Mateen says his son was well-educated and respectful to his parents, and that he was "not aware what motivated him to go into a gay club and kill 50 people."
The elder Mateen says he was saddened by his son's actions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
He then adds: "God will punish those involved in homosexuality," saying it's, "not an issue that humans should deal with."
Soooo...he was indoctrinated. Wanna see my shocked face?
His dad was/is a nutter. Do you have and proof that he wasn't just trying to make papa proud by yelling ISIS rather than DIE YOU FELLOW GAYS!
He probably did, probably hated that he had those tendencies. Blamed it on other gays. That is not uncommon among people who are conflicted. He probably hated the conflict within even more since he was such an ardent terrorist supporter. What's your point?
The point is he was a crazed lunatic, he lied about his life and I am willing to bet he lied about having any ties to ISIS at all. It was a cover for his dad, so he would not be caught being GAY.
Anyone killing others in the name of an extremist religion and an ardent supporter of terrorism of course is deranged,, Ms Obvious.
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The Orland gay club gunman's father has well-known anti-American views and is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban. A new message posted by the father on Facebook early Monday morning also makes it clear he could have passed anti-homosexual views onto his son.
Seddique Mir Mateen, father of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen, who died in a shootout with police after killing at least 49 people early Sunday morning, regularly attended Friday prayers at a Florida mosque with his son.
In the video posted early Monday, Seddique Mateen says his son was well-educated and respectful to his parents, and that he was "not aware what motivated him to go into a gay club and kill 50 people."
The elder Mateen says he was saddened by his son's actions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
He then adds: "God will punish those involved in homosexuality," saying it's, "not an issue that humans should deal with."
Soooo...he was indoctrinated. Wanna see my shocked face?
His dad was/is a nutter. Do you have and proof that he wasn't just trying to make papa proud by yelling ISIS rather than DIE YOU FELLOW GAYS!
Do you have any proof that he was? I'll go by what he said...not you...
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He probably did, probably hated that he had those tendencies. Blamed it on other gays. That is not uncommon among people who are conflicted. He probably hated the conflict within even more since he was such an ardent terrorist supporter. What's your point?
The point is he was a crazed lunatic, he lied about his life and I am willing to bet he lied about having any ties to ISIS at all. It was a cover for his dad, so he would not be caught being GAY.
Anyone killing others in the name of an extremist religion and an ardent supporter of terrorism of course is deranged,, Ms Obvious.
I don't think its that simple, I think this man was more likely angry about the gay issue and have yet to see any evidence of him being tied to ISIS. It is know that his dad " is an ideological supporter of the Afghan Taliban".
Imagine how messed up this guy was about his homosexuality....
2013....The FBI launched an investigation into Mateen after Sheriff’s Office officials reported the incident to the agency. As part of its investigation, the FBI examined Mateen’s travel history, phone records, acquaintances and even planted a confidential informant in the courthouse to “lure Omar into some kind of act and Omar did not bite,” Mascara said. The FBI concluded Mateen was not a threat after that, Mascara said.
2013....The FBI launched an investigation into Mateen after Sheriff’s Office officials reported the incident to the agency. As part of its investigation, the FBI examined Mateen’s travel history, phone records, acquaintances and even planted a confidential informant in the courthouse to “lure Omar into some kind of act and Omar did not bite,” Mascara said. The FBI concluded Mateen was not a threat after that, Mascara said.
He went to Syria...TWICE. for no apparent reason...lol! Yeah, he wasn't a terrorist. ...
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So his dad is a terrorist supporter. And you dont think he was too? Lol! Liberal logic at its finest!
please... You always pull that liberal crap when you are slipping and losing ground.
I am not ruling out anything, it just seems to me that the man was most likely having issues with his GAY tendencies and his father believing he would rot in hell for it.
If your dad was a Baptist that doesn't make you one.
So we should fear GAYS and ISIS. Geez you've hit the jackpot of Liberal logic. Go back to sleep. Let the grown ups take care of telling the freaking truth.
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So does mine. All Germans aren't nazis either. Does that mean we shouldn't have went to war? All of the Japanese didnt' bomb Pearl Harbor. You are making a very childish statement.
Lily and flan - I'm seriously about to make a rule that you are NOT ALLOWED to respond or talk to each other. Learn to actually ignore like you both claim you do, but don't really. Your constant fighting is getting old and tiresome and I'm over it.
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