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79. Ah, damn.

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 01:32 PM

Jun 2016

His mother yesterday.

The plight of a mother who has been unable to contact her son after the deadly shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, brings home the anguish felt by loved ones still desperately seeking information.

Christine Leinonen said she "just happened" to wake up at 3 a.m., about an hour after the shooting started at the club, Pulse. She saw a friend of her son, Christopher Leinonen, post on Facebook that there had been a shooting at the club and that he didn't "know where his friends were."

She told ABC News that she believes her son is dead but she has not received official confirmation from authorities.

Christine Leinonen told ABC News that her son's friend Brandon told her he saw that Christopher Leinonen's boyfriend "had multiple gunshots and was being taken by the ambulance but he never saw Christopher [come] out. And we haven't been able to call him or text him."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-man-missing-orlando-club-shooting-breaks-awaits/story?id=39794076

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The names, ages of the victims of the Pulse mass murder [View all] uppityperson Jun 2016 OP

Fuck. Not a surprise, but so many so young. TDale313 Jun 2016 #1

This is so heartbreaking! hrmjustin Jun 2016 #2

... LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #3

Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #4

That a lot of the victims are Hispanic should not be overlooked cagefreesoylentgreen Jun 2016 #5

It was apparently Latin Night, so that's sadly no surprise. TDale313 Jun 2016 #6

Yeah cagefreesoylentgreen Jun 2016 #8

It really has been TDale313 Jun 2016 #9

Ex coworker said he was homophobic and racist so wouldn't surprise me either Person 2713 Jun 2016 #28

I don't think that Islam is anti-Hispanic, that isn't why he killed them. braddy Jun 2016 #12

Muslims are certainly as capable of any other group TDale313 Jun 2016 #13

He killed them for his Islamic faith, not because some of them were Hispanic. braddy Jun 2016 #14

You're making a lot of assumptions there TDale313 Jun 2016 #16

LOL, he was ISIS and we know why he conducted his terror operation, your idea that he was braddy Jun 2016 #17

I'm sorry, are you really laughing out loud right now? alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #18

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #19

You're conducting little Internet debates and saying LOL on this subject alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #22

Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #23

Not selling anything. TDale313 Jun 2016 #20

The FBI didn't investigate him twice for being anti-Hispanic, or anti-gay, or a sexist and we braddy Jun 2016 #21

Being anti-Hispanic and anti-gay does not generally lead to an FBI investigation oberliner Jun 2016 #34

Careful lancer78 Jun 2016 #26

What exactly does "he was ISIS" even mean? KamaAina Jun 2016 #88

He was a homophobe noiretextatique Jun 2016 #95

He killed them because he was a reprehensible rage addict Warpy Jun 2016 #51

Kick and Rec Warren DeMontague Jun 2016 #7

I am concerned that members of a band i like may have been there. chknltl Jun 2016 #10

Hmm.. I hadn't even made that connection, old friend. opiate69 Jun 2016 #15

Hey you. chknltl Jun 2016 #103

Very interested! You still in the 253? opiate69 Jun 2016 #106

barely that side of Nisqualy River chknltl Jun 2016 #107

... handmade34 Jun 2016 #11

Thanks for this. NT herding cats Jun 2016 #24

So many are younger than me. And I'm only 28. This is a travesty. retrowire Jun 2016 #25

I'm heartbroken over this. Sissyk Jun 2016 #27

We still wait... MsFlorida Jun 2016 #29

God, so very young. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #30

Kimberly Morris, 37 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #31

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #32

... Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #43

It hurts so bad that I can't find the words to say just how much. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #44

Oh my god BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #117

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #33

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #35

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #36

Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #37

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #38

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #39

Amanda Alvear, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #40

Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #41

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #42

So heartbreaking! burrowowl Jun 2016 #45

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #46

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #47

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #48

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #49

Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #50

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #52

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #53

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #54

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #55

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #56

Jason was a classmate Wheezy Jun 2016 #108

Thank you, Wheezy, for sharing that with us. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #109

Thank you for posting the names. That was very meaningful. N/T Wheezy Jun 2016 #112

:( uppityperson Jun 2016 #114

Cory James Connell, 21 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #57

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #58

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #59

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #60

Turns out he was a student where I worked. Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #92

I'm sorry, Behind the Aegis! Solly Mack Jun 2016 #93

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #61

There are no words. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2016 #62

Kick! Heidi Jun 2016 #63

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #64

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #65

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #66

Kick, thank you Solly. uppityperson Jun 2016 #67

(((uppityperson))) Solly Mack Jun 2016 #77

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #68

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #69

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #70

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #71

Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan, 24 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #72

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #73

Ah, damn. herding cats Jun 2016 #79

I saw her and feared the worst. Rescue would bring out those who could be saved first. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #81

Tears, was just reading about him and his mom uppityperson Jun 2016 #82

Good woman. In the face of so much heartache, she calls for love. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #84

She's living a mothers worst night nightmare. herding cats Jun 2016 #86

Yes Solly Mack Jun 2016 #87

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #74

Frank Hernandez, 27 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #75

Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #76

... TDale313 Jun 2016 #78

Kick DashOneBravo Jun 2016 #80

Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #83

....... Amaril Jun 2016 #85

Thanks for honoring them - RIP Equinox Moon Jun 2016 #89

No words. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #90

. riderinthestorm Jun 2016 #91

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz 24 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #94

Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #96

:( uppityperson Jun 2016 #97

I know. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #98

She was from Philadelphia BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #99

Thank you for telling us about her. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #100

All on the news here... BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #101

Just starting out :( Solly Mack Jun 2016 #102

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25 years old Solly Mack Jun 2016 #104

49 have been named. The 50th name belongs to their killer. I will not name him. Solly Mack Jun 2016 #105

Thank you uppityperson Jun 2016 #110

I wonder how long it would take for someone to read all the names of those killed by hate? Solly Mack Jun 2016 #111

RIP FLleft Jun 2016 #113

Names and about each person uppityperson Jun 2016 #115

.. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2016 #116

. . . niyad Jun 2016 #118

... Solly Mack Jun 2016 #119

up to not forget the people who died while arguing about why, how uppityperson Jun 2016 #120