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50 dead and 53 more are hospitalized after a mass shooting at a popular gay nightclub there. "There's blood everywhere," Mayor Buddy Dyer said Sunday at a news conference, hours after the shooting.

Friends and family grieve after a list of hospitalized victims was released, implying the death of those who weren't on the list and hadn't been heard from, outside a Hampton Inn & Suites hotel near the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. A gunman opened fire inside a crowded nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Aerial view Sunday, June 12, 2016, of the mass shooting scene at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. A gunman opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Mina Justice shows a text she received from her son Eddie Justice at Pulse nightclub during a fatal shooting in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. Justice hasn't heard from her son since the messages. (Courtesy of Mina Justice via AP)

Mina Justice speaks to a reporter discussing texting with her son Eddie Justice who was in a bathroom at Club Pulse, Sunday June, 12, 2016, in Orlando. He hasn't been found today. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said.It was the deadliest mass shooting in American history. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)

Crime scene workers gather their thoughts during a break outside the Pulse nightclub after a shooting involving multiple fatalities in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

Annette Stubbs, a pastor at a local church, prays for victims a few blocks from a crime scene at the nightclub where a mass shooting took place the night before in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. A gunman opened fire inside the gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

A body is loaded into a van outside the Pulse nightclub after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at the nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

FBI agents investigate near the damaged rear wall of the Pulse Nightclub where Omar Mateen allegedly killed at least 50 people on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The mass shooting killed at least 50 people and injuring 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Investigators from the office of the medical examiner investigate on the west side of Pulse nightclub where a gunman opened fire on Sunday morning, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. The gunman, wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun, opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history. (Doug Clifford/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Muhammad Musri, Iman of the Islamic Society of Central Florida law enforcement and local community leaders speak during a press conference June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured at a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in what is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)

Law enforcement personnel gather at a Fort Pierce, Fla. residence related to the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, Sunday, June 12, 2016. Mateen is named as the gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun who opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history. (/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Angel Mendez, standing outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center, holds up a cell phone photo trying to get information about his brother Jean C. Mendez that was at the Pulse Nightclub where a shooting involving multiple fatalities occurred, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

A U.S. flag is flown at half staff at the White House after the Orlando mass shooting June 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured after a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama makes a statement regarding the Orlando mass shooting on June 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured after suspected gunman Omar Mateen opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama makes an address regarding the Orlando mass shooting on June 12, 2016 in Washington, DC. At least 50 people were killed and 53 were injured after suspected gunman Omar Mateen opened fire in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bomb Disposal personnel arrive to check for explosives around the apartment building where shooting suspect Omar Mateen is believed to have lived on June 12, 2016 in Fort Pierce, Florida. The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killed at least 50 people and injured 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Donors line up outside OneBlood Blood Donation Center in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. The center was flooded with donors after a mass shooting early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside the nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Bomb disposal officers check for bombs at an apartment complex of a suspect linked to the fatal shootings at an Orlando nightclub, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Bomb disposal officers check for bombs at an apartment complex possibly linked to the fatal shootings at an Orlando nightclub, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Volunteers provide counseling at The LGBTQ Community Center after the late night shooting at Pulse, an Orlando night club, on Sunday, June 12, 2016 in Orlando. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded Florida nightclub before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police say. The attack left at least 50 people dead, making it the worst mass shooting in American history. (Zack Wittman/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Terry DeCarlo, executive director of the LGBT Center of Central Florida, center, is comforted by Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, right, after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

In a photo from the Orlando Police, a Kelvar helmet worn by a police officer that was struck by gunfire during a shootout with the gunman at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The officer was saved by the helmet, and the gunman was killed in the shootout. The gunman killed 50 people and wounded 53 in a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, officials said, in the worst mass shooting slaughter in American history, and law enforcement officials said it was an act of terrorism. (Orlando Police via The New York Times)

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Friends and family grieve after a list of hospitalized victims was released, implying the death of those who weren't on the list and hadn't been heard from, outside a Hampton Inn & Suites hotel near the Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. A gunman opened fire inside a crowded nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. (Loren Elliott/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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