“Hands up, both hands, put your hands up,” an officer can be heard telling one victim as he attempts to lead the man out of a bathroom to safety, according to the Sentinel. “Follow the sound of my voice. Come this way. Show me your [expletive] hands! … I need you to crawl this way. … Follow my light.”
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In another scene, the newspaper reported, Belle Isle Police Officer Brandon Cornwell takes cover behind a bar as officers fire at Mateen and instruct him to come out “with his hands up.”
As the standoff continues, Cornwell can be heard saying a prayer.
“Lord Jesus, watch over me,” he said.
Cornwell is later heard telling another officer how close officers came to shooting Mateen on one occasion, according to the Sentinel.
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