ORLANDO, Fla., June 14 (UPI) — The Orlando gunman’s wife may face criminal charges after telling the FBI she knew about the planned attack on the Pulse nightclub and even drove him there on a previous occasion.
Noor Salman, Omar Seddique Mateen’s wife, who FBI agents said was cooperating with the investigation, said she tried to talk him out of the attack.
She told the FBI she was with Mateen when he purchased ammunition and a holster,NBC News reported.
Salman, 30, also said she once drove him to the nightclub because he wanted to see it in advance, law enforcement officials told the network.
Family members said Salman and Mateen had a 3-year-old son. Salman moved to the United States from Jordan in 2006.
The New York Daily News reported Salman moved to Rodeo, Calif., in December.
Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard from Port St. Lucie, Fla., was gunned down by police early Sunday after he killed 49 people with an assault rifle and injured another 53 in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
Mateen’s first wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told the media he was an unstable person who abused her.
