OPD also would like to extend its deepest thanks to the many business owners on Orange Avenue whose livelihoods have been disrupted as we methodically care for the crime scene.

Those relatives and friends have been kind and gracious in a most unbearable time of grief. Our personnel have done that over more than 24 hours with great care and compassion for the families and loved ones who have suffered devastating losses.

One of the most difficult tasks for any law enforcement officer is making death notifications to next of kin. The men and women of the Orlando Police Department are continuing to assist in and support this operation in a number of ways. As the investigation into the tragic mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub unfolds.