A group of family members and survivors of the 2016 mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando delivered a report to State Attorney Monique Worrell’s office Thursday — the ninth anniversary of the tragedy — in a call for her office to launch criminal investigations into Pulse’s former owners and the city of Orlando.
The grassroots Pulse Families and Survivors for Justice, a group that includes more than 100 survivors and family members of shooting victims, believes club owners Barbara and Rosario Poma should be investigated over alleged insurance fraud and code violations at Pulse that they believe made the club unsafe and more difficult to escape when the gunman attacked.
Described as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, the Orlando community experienced a devastating tragedy after a gunman opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub, just after 2 a.m. on June 12, 2016. Forty-nine people were killed (mostly young Latinos and people of color) and 53 wounded…