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To get updates follow @twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like page on Facebook According to police, the gunman is identified to be Omar Saddiqui Mateen, a U.S. citizen from Port St. Lucie, Florida. Patron Christopher Hanson said at first he thought the loud, rhythmic sounds were part of the music "until you heard too many shots. It was like, bang, bang, bang, bang." At some point, it dawned on him that the "loud banging noises" were actually "gunshots going off," Hanson said. "I didn't see any of the actual shooters," he told CNN. "I just saw bodies going down and I was ordering a drink at the bar. I fell down. I crawled out. People were trying to escape out the back. "I just know that when I hit the ground, I was crawling and I hit my elbows and my knees. When I got across the street, there were people -- blood everywhere."