The media is asking similar questions today of Omar Mateen, a seemingly straight Florida man who frequented gay clubs and hookup sites before going on a rampage that left 49 dead and more than 50 injured at a gay dance club in Orlando. Photo: Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Orlando mass killer Omar Mateen frequented a gay club and gay hookup sites. Was Miller gay? Or was he just playing a twisted game, seeing how far he could take the deception before striking the rapid, brutal blows that fractured skulls, shattered jaws and lacerated ears? In at least two cases, he even engaged in sexual activity with victims before assaulting them. His modus operandi made it remarkably easy for him to target his victims and gain their trust: He frequented gay bars and feigned interest in hooking up for sex. In each of the attacks, Miller, a welder, used a metal pipe to brutally beat and rob his unsuspecting victims. Police built a case that eventually tied Miller to a string of murders and attempted murders with a disturbing pattern. Exactly a year later, police asked him to return to Los Angeles, where he identified Donald Miller, a three-time convicted felon, in a police lineup. The first victim, Richard Sulita, reported the assault to police and returned to Chicago, never expecting to see his assailant again. Bartenders at the Spike, a gay leather bar in West Hollywood, circa 1980.
