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Orlando Shooting Was Also An Attack On City's Latinos

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Mourners hold candles while observing a moment of silence during a vigil outside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty)
Mourners hold candles while observing a moment of silence during a vigil outside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for the mass shooting victims at the Pulse nightclub June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty)

The names of the victims in the Orlando terror attack reveal how devastating the shooting at the Pulse nightclub was on the city's Latino population. The Orlando area is home to more than 300,000 Puerto Ricans.

It's the largest population in Florida, according to Pew Research. And many of them are suffering deeply this week. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports from Orlando.

View all our coverage on the Orlando nightclub shooting.

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Peter O'Dowd, assistant managing editor at Here & Now. He tweets @odowdpeter.

This segment aired on June 14, 2016.

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