 The Pulse nightclub gunman called the News 13 newsroom as the shooting was happening: https://t.co/MkeFGpyomZ pic.twitter.com/QLabUDSsv1 — Andrew O'Brien (@aobrien7) June 15, 2016 
 
 As the deadliest mass shooting in American history unfolded in Orlando early Sunday morning, Matthew Gentili was staffing the phones less than two miles away. “I was receiving phone calls from viewers saying, ‘What’s going on? What's happening in Orlando?" '” Gentili told a reporter at his own station Tuesday. When the phone rang once more at around 2:45 a.m., Gentili answered as he had all night: “News 13, this is Matt.” 
 
 But this call was different. And on the other end, I heard, 'Do you know about the shooting?'" “Yes, I’m getting calls,” Gentili said. I am hearing reports of a shooting," he replied to the caller, who then cut him off. I am the shooter," the person on the other end said. “I am the shooter.” 
 
 The caller then said he had carried out the Pulse attack for the Islamic State and began speaking quickly in a foreign language. The FBI didn’t confirm whether Gentili spoke with the shooter, but News 13 managed to research the number and it did match Mateen. “He was speaking so fast. But it was ... he was speaking fluently. Whatever language he was speaking, he knew it. And he was speaking it very quickly. And that is when I said to him, ‘Sir. Speak in English, please.'" '” 
 
 “I did it for ISIS,” the caller said, according to Gentili, “I did it for the Islamic State.” 
 
 When the TV producer asked the caller’s location, the man said it was “none of my [expletive] business,” Gentili said. " 
 
 Gentili said he was aware of the shooting. “I asked him: ‘Is there anything else you want to say? '” 
 
 The man said no and hung up. When he finally did get off work, he was interviewed by the FBI about the phone conversation. Matthew Gentili, a producer at News 13 in Orlando, was working the phones and receiving phone calls from people in the area asking about what had happened at Pulse Orlando, where 49 people – including the shooter – were massacred. (Deirdra O'Regan/The Washington Post) 
 
 FBI agents would not confirm whether it was the gunman on the phone with the producer, but the TV station’s managing editor matched the incoming phone number to Mateen, according to News 13. “During the calls he said he was doing this for the leader of [the Islamic State] who he named and pledged loyalty to,” Comey said. Gentili said he received one phone call, which he later described as “the most serious call I’ll ever get in my life.” 
 
 "It was at 2:45 a.m. when I had just received the phone call of someone claiming to be the Orlando shooter," he said in an interview with the station. Overnight producer answered News 13 phone 
 
 Caller claimed to be Pulse nightclub shooter 
 
 Producer: 'I will never forget the words he said to me' 
 
 "News 13, this is Matt," is how Matthew Gentili, a producer at News 13, answered the phone. “I’m definitely changed,” he also said Tuesday. “When you get a phone call like that, I’m never going to be able to answer the phone again without thinking this is the most serious call I’ll ever get in my life.” 
 
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– Orlando shooter Omar Mateen not only called police during the massacre at Pulse nightclub but also, apparently, a TV station. News 13 producer Matthew Gentili says he was handling the phones just 2 miles from the club around 2:45am Sunday as viewers called in to ask about the shooting when he received a call that changed him, per Fox News. The caller asked if Gentili knew about the shooting, then announced, "I'm the shooter. It's me," Gentili says. The caller began speaking fluent Arabic until Gentili asked him to speak in English. "I will never forget the words he said to me," says Gentili. He said, "I did it for ISIS. I did it for the Islamic State." The caller refused to tell Gentili where he was. When Gentili asked if the man had anything more to say, he said no and hung up. Gentili was interviewed by the FBI, which didn't confirm the call came from Mateen, but News 13 says the number matched the shooter's phone. The timing also makes sense, per the Washington Post. The first shots rang out around 2am. Authorities say Mateen called 911 around 2:30am and eventually had two short conversations with a dispatcher. The call to News 13 would have followed. "I'm never going to be able to answer the phone again without thinking this is the most serious call I'll ever get in my life," Gentili says.