FBI Investigated Orlando Nightclub Shooter in 2013 & 2014

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A co-worker of the suspect in the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting described Omar Mateen as homophobic, "unhinged and unstable," according to Florida Today, a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Fla.

Daniel Gilroy worked with Mateen at G4S Security for several months in 2014 and 2015, and said Mateen frequently made homophobic and racial comments.

He also said Mateen began sending him multiple texts a day, leading Gilroy to quit his job.
"I quit because everything he said was toxic," Gilroy said. "And the company wouldn't do anything. This guy was unhinged and unstable. He talked of killing people." 

Fifty people were killed and 53 more wounded inside the crowded gay nightclub. Mateen, a U.S. citizen from Florida, is suspected in the shooting. He was killed at the scene.  

Orlando Police Chief John Mina told reporters the suspect had an assault-style rifle and a handgun. The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility Sunday for the shooting, but offered no proof for the attacks. 

The FBI confirmed on Sunday it had interviewed the suspect in the Orlando, Fla., nightclub attack three times before the shooting took place early Sunday morning.  

An official said the FBI first became aware of the suspect, Omar Mateen, 29, in 2013 when he made "inflammatory comments to coworkers alleging possible terrorist ties."  

In the course of that investigation, Mateen was interviewed twice, but the FBI was unable to verify the substance of his comments.

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Rancher Lassos Bike Thief Outside Oregon Wal-Mart

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EAGLE POINT, Ore. (AP) — A rancher jumped on his horse Friday morning and lassoed a man who was trying to steal a bicycle in the parking lot of an Oregon Wal-Mart, police said.
Robert Borba was at the Eagle Point store loading dog food and a camping tent into his truck when he heard a woman screaming that someone was trying to steal her bike, the Medford Mail Tribune reports (http://goo.gl/L5PTLm). 

The 28-year-old said he quickly got his horse, Long John, out of its trailer. He grabbed a rope, rode over to the man who was reportedly struggling with the bike gears and attempting to flee on foot. Borba lassoed the man around the legs and when he dropped, Borba dragged him to one end of the parking lot. 

“I seen this fella trying to get up to speed on a bicycle,” Borba told the Tribune. “I wasn’t going to catch him on foot. I just don’t run very fast.” 

Borba said the man tried to grab a tree and get away, but he kept the rope tight and the man in place. 

                                                    KTVL CBS 10 News, Medford

“I use a rope every day, that’s how I make my living,” Borba said. “If it catches cattle pretty good, it catches a bandit pretty good.” 

Eagle Point police Sgt. Darin May said officers arrived and found the lassoed man and bike on the ground in the parking lot. 

“We’ve never had anyone lassoed and held until we got there,” May said. “That’s a first for me.” 

Police arrested Victorino Arellano-Sanchez, whom they described as a transient from the Seattle area, on a theft charge. 

Arellano-Sanchez is jailed in Jackson County. Staff members at the jail say they don’t think he has an attorney.