Attorney General for the United States Loretta Lynch reads an inscription on a mourning wreath in the main lobby of City Hall following the Pulse night club shootings last week in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. government is providing $1 million in emergency funds to cover overtime for first responders to the Orlando nightclub massacre and stands in support of the LGBT community after the tragedy, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Tuesday.
Lynch spoke in Orlando after meeting with relatives of some of the 49 people killed and 53 wounded in the June 12 rampage and said there was no doubt it was a "shattering" attack on the United States, its people and its most fundamental ideals.
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