Eyewitness News confirmed that Orlando shooter Omar Mateen worked for the Florida Department of Corrections for six months.
In a statement from the Florida Department of Corrections, a spokesperson said, "Omar Mateen was employed at Martin Correctional Institution from Oct. 27, 2006 until April 27, 2007."
A source who was in Mateen's class at the DOC said he was still in the training sequence to be a corrections officer when he was removed from the program for bringing a weapon onto the Department of Corrections’ grounds. However, the DOC has not confirmed that information.
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A picture of the training class provided to Eyewitness News shows Mateen in the back row wearing a backward dark-colored hat.
The DOC has not said why Mateen was removed from the program.
Eyewitness News is working to obtain Mateen's personnel file and will update the story with more information as it becomes available.
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