TEHRAN(Basirat)-Officials announced at a 10:15 AM EDT news conference that the number of dead in this morning's Orlando mass shooting has risen to 50.

Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen was interviewed by the FBI in 2013 and 2014, FBI Assistant Special Agent Ronald Hopper told reporters Sunday. "Those interviews turned out to be inconclusive, so there was nothing to keep the investigation going," Hopper said. Mateen was not under investigation at the time of Sunday's shooting and was not under surveillance, Hopper said,
CNN reported.