The process, Dunn recalls in the exclusive interview below, didn’t come easy as the pandemic-related delay almost cost NBCUniversal rights to the property. Ultimately, the series landed at NBCUniversal-backed Bravo before transitioning to the company’s streamer with a series order. A bidding war for the project followed, with Showtime - which aired five seasons and more than 80 episodes of the series from Ron Cowan and Daniel Lipman - among the bidders. Knowing that many before him had pursued the rights to Queer as Folk, Dunn flew himself to London to meet with the It’s a Sin creator and walked away with the rights to the property based on the strength of a pitch that centered around a Pulse-like nightclub shooting in a New Orleans gay bar and the story of how the city’s LGBTQ community rebuilt itself. Only one thing stood in the way: the rights to the series had reverted from Showtime back to original series creator Davies. The first-time TV creator from Newfoundland behind Pop-Up Porno met Little America exec producer Lee Eisenberg at Sundance a few years ago and, after hitting it off, the subject of Queer as Folk came up after many of the themes Dunn wanted to explore came back to the groundbreaking series about a group of queer friends. Lucie in eastern Florida, where he had worked as a contracted security guard.Peacock's 'Queer as Folk' Canceled After One Season One of the SWAT officers was hit, but the bullet struck his helmet, saving his life.Įarlier during the standoff, Mateen told police he was trying to send a message against US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria and compared himself to other American terrorists.īorn and raised in New York, Mateen had recently moved with his family to Port St. Over the next hours, police and first responders continued to pull people out of the club as Mateen hid.Īt 5:15 a.m., SWAT officers deployed two flash bang grenades and used an armored vehicle to breach the north bathroom wall, forcing Mateen out of the bathroom and into the hallway, where he fired at other SWAT officers, who returned fire, killing him. According to Mina’s presentation, 15 people were taken to Orlando Health in marked police cars and pickup trucks. The fire department was so overwhelmed with patients that officers had to use an unmarked Ford F-150 as a makeshift ambulance. About a minute later, they were joined by another officer who arrived at the scene in a Ford F-150 pickup truck. Gruler was able to fire several rounds at Mateen, who was standing just inside the double doors of the club.Īnother police officer arrived 1 minute and 20 seconds later to back up Gruler. Gruler called for backup and people immediately started fleeing in multiple directions, according to the report. Orlando Police Detective Adam Gruler was the first officer to fire at the shooter, Omar Mateen, who entered the club with a military-style rifle and started rapidly shooting at people on the main dance floor. The report, published Friday by WKMG-TV, provides a minute-by-minute account of law enforcement's response that night. The details of the June 12, 2016, shooting, which left 49 dead and 58 injured, were part of a presentation Orlando Police Chief John Mina has given to outside police groups. A new report on the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history has revealed new details of what first-responders encountered when they arrived at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, including a dance floor covered with so many bodies that one officer shouted out: "If you’re alive, raise your hand."
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