In several other cities hosting events on Sunday - including block parties in Boston and a festival in Washington - authorities beefed up the police presence.
mass shooting to date, occurred amid numerous events nationwide celebrating LGBT Pride Month. The attack on the Pulse nightclub, which killed at least 50 people and was the deadliest U.S. The gunman, identified as Omar Mateen of Fort Pierce, Florida, told his father he had been disturbed by seeing two men kissing in Miami. Sunday's massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, grimly changed the equation, stirring communal fears and swiftly prompting tighter security at gay pride events. NEW YORK - The gay, lesbian and transgender community has seen violence before, from Harvey Milk to Matthew Shepard, and an ever-lengthening list of transgender women.
