FROM 'PBS NEWSHOUR': Orlando Victims Named as Tributes Flow Around the World

A man places a rose and a rainbow flag for the victims of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando in front of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Germany, on June 13. Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters.

The city of Orlando on Monday released the names of some of those killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

More names will be added to the list once their next of kin are notified. Those identified are:

• Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old
• Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old
• Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old
• Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
• Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
• Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
• Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
• Kimberly Morris, 37 years old
• Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
• Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
• Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
• Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
• Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old
• Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
• Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old
• Amanda Alvear, 25 years old
• Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
• Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
• Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
• Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old
• Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old
• Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old
• Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26 years old
• Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25 years old
• Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
• Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old
• Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old
• Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old
• Cory James Connell, 21 years old
• Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old
• Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old
• Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old
• Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old
• Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old
• Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old
• Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old

“We will not be defined by the act of a cowardly hater,” Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said at a Monday morning press conference.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott called Orlando a “melting pot” of 20 million people who will take care of the family members.

Suspect Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire on patrons at Pulse nightclub in Orlando in the early morning hours of Sunday, leaving at least 50 people dead and injuring dozens more.

Members of the LGBT community take part in a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, at the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 12, 2016. Photo by Ginnette Riquelme/Reuters.

The FBI interviewed Mateen at least two times before the weekend shooting but determined he didn’t pose a threat. Mateen legally bought an AR-15-style weapon and handgun.

More details emerged Monday on the mass shooting. Early Sunday, Mateen got in a gun fight with a uniformed officer employed by the club. As more officers arrived, another shootout ensued.

Mateen then took at least a dozen hostages in a bathroom.

When law enforcement believed further loss of life was imminent, while they were talking with Mateen, they used an armored BearCat vehicle to punch a hole in the bathroom wall, through which some people escaped. When Mateen exited, armed with a handgun and long gun, he was killed by police.

Mateen lived in Fort Pierce, about 120 miles south of Orlando. He was born in New York to parents from Afghanistan. Prior to the carnage, Mateen called 911 and pledged support to the Islamic State group. The militant group later called him one of their soldiers.

People remember the victims of the Orlando shooting at a vigil in San Francisco, California on June 12. Photo by Stephen Lam/Reuters.

Overnight, federal agents searched Mateen’s apartment, along with that of his parents, who live in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

“I am shocked as you are. … I don’t approve of him, what he did,” Mateen’s father, Seddique Mateen, said on NBC News.

When asked if he show anti-gay tendencies, Seddique Mateen said his son once saw two men kissing in Miami, and “he got a little bit ticked off.”

“I believe in forgiveness. What my son did is a horrible thing,” the elder Mateen said.

Meanwhile, tributes to the victims poured in from cities in the U.S. to Berlin, Germany, and Seoul, South Korea.

A woman prays during a candlelight vigil in solidarity for the victims of the Orlando gay nightclub mass shooting, in Seoul, South Korea, on June 13. Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters.

June is LGBT Pride Month, and some pre-planned events turned to remembrances for the Pulse nightclub attendees. Thousands gathered in Miami Beach; Chicago; New York; Austin, Texas, and elsewhere.

“Love is stronger than hate,” said the Rev. Amanda Henderson, director of the Interfaith Alliance at a vigil in Denver. “The voices that seek to divide us will not work.”

Hashtags on Twitter, including #loveislove, #OrlandoUnited and #WeAreOrlando, brought mourners together online to show support and resiliency.