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The victims are being remembered across America, like here in Los Angeles. All 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, have been identified by US authorities. Family and friends have been paying tribute and sharing their stories. Latest attack on LGBT community. Who was the Orlando gunman? How a hug saved Pulse barman.
Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, and his year-old boyfriend Christopher Andrew Leinonen had been together for two years and were planning to get married, according to family members. Now, they will have a joint funeral, Time magazineexternal reports.
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Mr Guerrero worked as a telemarketer and had recently started gay at the University of Central Florida. He died at a local hospital on Sunday. His cousin, Robert Guerrero, said he had been an "amazing person", more likely to stay at home to care for his nieces and nephews than to go out partying.
Mr Leinonen, known was "Drew", was confirmed dead on Monday. Grieving mother begs for gun law change. The year-old sent his mother a series of desperate text messages while inside the club. One of his cousins, Millie Ortiz, said he could "walk in and the room would light up". She said he had been a "gentle soul" who would "give you the shirt off his back" and was "very upfront and outspoken and lived life to the fullest without any regrets".
The year-old is reported to have posted a video from inside Pulse in which gunfire from the attack is before. The Snapchat clips show Ms Alvear with her friends before the sound of gunfire begins. Paying tribute, family members told the Orlando Sentinelother that she loved fashion and had infectious enthusiasm.
He told the newspaper she went to gay and lesbian clubs because they were fun and she felt able to be herself there. New footage shows moment of the pulse. Ms Flores, 26, was with Ms Alvear at Pulse, reports said. She worked in retail and was originally from New York, according to her Facebook profileexternal.
The year-old worked on the Harry Potter ride ahootings Universal Studios, according to author JK Rowling, who paid tribute to him on her Twitter accountexternal. Friends told the Orlando Sentinelexternal Mr Vielma had been a "true friend" who had hoped to become an emergency club technician.
One, Olga Glomba, described him as "a funny, sweet, nerdy guy without a mean side. He just wanted to make people smile". The pharmacy technician, 23, from Clermont, near Orlando, had posted a Snapchat video of himself singing and dancing in the nightclub moments before he was killed. His mother Rosalie Ramos told the Orlando Sentinelexternal newspaper she wished she had the video to "remember him forever".