arrested the wife of Omar Mateen, the man who carried out the deadly terrorist attack in Orlando, Fla., and charged her with obstructing the investigation of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub, law enforcement officials confirmed on Monday. Noor Salman was arrested at her family home in San Francisco, California but the charges she will face were filed in the state of Florida about the 49 people killed by her husband during his massacre at the Pulse nightclub in June. At the time, FBI investigators didn’t believe she was a co-conspirator in the attack but were looking into whether she should face charges for what information she may have had about Mateen’s intentions, which she possibly failed to report to law enforcement. We said from the beginning we were going to look at every aspect of this case, every aspect of this shooters life — to determine not just why did he take these actions, but who else knew about them, was anyone else involved, is there any other accountability that needs to be had here in this case.”

The Orlando Sentinel reported that Noor Salman would be expected to make an initial appearance at a federal court in Oakland, California Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. After this court date, the authorities intend to fly Salman back to the Middle District of Florida so that her judicial process can be completed in the correct jurisdiction. Investigators had spent hours interviewing Salman after the June 12 mass shooting and had made it clear that Salman would face criminal charges it was ever determined that she knew of the plans husband Omar Mateen’s, had to carry out the attack on the gay nightclub, and did nothing to stop him. CNN’s Dan Simon visited her family’s home in Rodeo, California, for reaction and was told “no comment.”

“I am glad to see that Omar Mateen’s wife has been charged with aiding her husband in the commission of the brutal attack on the Pulse nightclub,” said Orlando Police chief John Mina.
Noor Salman, the wife of Omar Mateen who committed the 2016 Orlando mass shooting is arrested and charged with obstructing the investigation of the case.