Fifty Dead in Florida Nightclub Shooting, Worst in US History

Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a multiple shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, June 12, 2016. A gunman opened fire at a nightclub in central Florida, and multiple people have been wounded, police said Sunday.

Photographer: Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP
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Orlando, Fla. (AP) -- In a story June 12 about a mass shooting at a nightclub in Florida, The Associated Press reported erroneously the precise type of weapon used by the shooter. The gunman was armed with a Sig Sauer MCX assault rifle, not an AR-15, which is a similar model.

A corrected version of the story is below: