‘Let’s go!’ – Video shows deputy helping Pulse patron escape
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Rutkowski grabbed the hand of a man who had been trapped in the Pulse nightclub and led him away, after making sure he didn’t have a weapon, as another deputy shouted to other patrons, “Let’s go! Let’s go!”
Another deputy asks, “Got anymore?” Rutkowski says, “There’s a line of them coming out.”
The video from Rutkowski’s body camera on the night of the Pulse massacre was released Thursday, showing some of the police response to the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.
Gunman Omar Mateen opened fire at the gay nightclub on June 12 in a rampage that left 49 patrons dead and 53 wounded. Mateen, who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group during a call with police dispatchers during a three-hour standoff, died in a hail of gunfire after police stormed the venue.