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Remembering Pulse shooting victims: Who we lost in Orlando

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 13: A woman lights a candle during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, at Oxford St on June 13, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. 50 people were killed and 53 injured after a gunman opened fire on people in a gay nightclub in Florida. It is the deadliest mass shooting in US history. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)

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Credit: Daniel Munoz

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 13: A woman lights a candle during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, at Oxford St on June 13, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. 50 people were killed and 53 injured after a gunman opened fire on people in a gay nightclub in Florida. It is the deadliest mass shooting in US history. (Photo by Daniel Munoz/Getty Images)
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
June 6, 2017

On June 12, 2016 a gunman, identified by police as an American man named Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire at Pulse nightclub in Orlando Florida.

The rampage killed at least 49 people and injured 53.

Mateen was shot and killed by Orlando police following a standoff.

Here's what we know about those who lost their life that night:

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