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Listen to Pulse Shooter Call 911, Speak with Police Negotiator

Omar Mateen

“I’m in Orlando, and I did the shooting.”

Audio of the Pulse nightclub shooter in Orlando have been released to the public after a circuit court ruling.

On Monday, Judge Margaret Schreiber ordered that the calls between Omar Mateen and Orlando police be made public. The city argued that the calls--some 232 in all--described suffering and death of the 49 killed and 53 injured during the June 12 shooting and should not be made public.

Monday's ruling only included four calls between Mateen and police, including his initial call to 911 where he said "I'm in Orlando and I did the shooting."

He spoke with a crisis negotiator several times while he was in the club. He exhorted the negotiator that the U.S. must stop bombing Syria and claimed that he was an "Islamic soldier" and a "soldier of God." He also pledged his allegiance to the Islamic state.

"Now you feel how it is," Mateen said at one point.

Mateen died at about 5 a.m. June 12 in a shootout with Orlando police.

Schreiber plans to rule on whether to release audio for the remaining emergency calls from the shooting.

Listen to the calls below.

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