Mar 28, 2018

Orlando nightclub gunman intended to attack Disney World

Pulse nightclub

Vehicles cross in front of the Pulse Nightclub on June 21, 2016. Photo: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

At a hearing Wednesday, prosecutors said that the Pulse nightclub shooter originally planned to attack the shopping complex at Disney World by hiding a gun in a stroller, but was startled by police and changed his target to the Orlando club, reports the AP.

The details: Per the AP, a video viewed at the hearing by assistant U.S. attorney Sara Sweeney, shows gunman Omar Mateen at the Disney Springs complex in the hours leading up to Pulse shooting.

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