Orlando nightclub shooter’s wife ‘would not hurt anybody’: uncle
The widow of the Orlando nightclub shooter “would have run away” had she known of her husband’s murderous intentions, her uncle insisted during a brief court appearance Tuesday.
“I understand this is a big crime that’s happening, but don’t sacrifice an innocent person,” Noor Salman’s uncle, Al Salman, told reporters outside the Oakland, California courthouse. “She would not hurt anybody. She don’t like to see anybody get hurt. I know that the justice will prevail and is going to show that she is innocent.”
Salman, 30, was arrested Monday, and charged with aiding and abetting terrorism and obstructing justice.
Her husband, Omar Mateen, was killed in the June 12, 2016 shootout after he slaughtered 49 patrons at the gay nightclub Pulse in Florida.
His widow looked disheveled and confused during the brief appearance Tuesday, after an indictment unsealed earlier in the day claimed she “did knowingly aid and abet” her spouse.
Defense attorneys say she had no advance knowledge of the massacre.
Salman, who appeared to be shaking in fear while prosecutors spoke, will eventually be extradited to Florida.
She’ll appear again before an Oakland Judge Wednesday for a status hearing.
With Post wires