Shooted and Hostage Horror at Orlando Gay Nightclub

ORLANDO - A shooting has been reported at a nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando, and the attacker is said to have taken hostages.

According to reports, with at least one gunman allegedly barricading themselves in the building with hostages.

Shots were fired at the Pulse Club, an gay nightclub in the city, in the early hours of Sunday.

Staff at the venue posted on Facebook: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running”.

Reports suggested as many as 20 people could have been injured in the attack, and video footage shared on social media showed a high police presence around the club.

One man who claimed he was inside the club said people were “screaming that people are dead”.

“They are just pulling people out in stretchers loading them up,” he said.

“Please god let everyone make it – tonight was supposed to be a fun night!! One more minute and we would of been shot or worse.”

One witness told Sky News there were more than 100 people inside the venue for the club’s Latin night when the gunman entered the building and began firing into the ceiling and into the crowd. He could not confirm if there was only one or multiple gunman.

“We just heard shots, it was less than a minute, it felt longer,” Ricardo Negron said. “There was a brief pause and we just ran. Everybody was just faces to the floor. I had someone over me, I really didn’t see (how many gunmen there were). All I can tell you was the club was packed, there were over 100 people there.”