The ex-wife of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Sitora Yusufiy, said during a press conference on Sunday that she believes that Omar Mateen suffered from mental illness."He was mentally unstable and mentally ill and he was obviously disturbed, deeply," she said. She also said that he was short-tempered and he would express hate towards things during his bouts of anger. However, she would not say either way if he said anything particular about having homophobic views.
The FBI has said that they were aware of Mateen before Sunday's incident. Hecalled 9-1-1 during his shooting and pledged allegiance to ISIS and the terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the massacre. However, authorities are still investigating actual links between Mateen and ISIS.
According to Mateen's father, the shooter had previously shown hatred towards gay people.
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