Puerto Rico Mourns 23 Natives Slain in Orlando Shooting

(PONCE, Puerto Rico) — Nearly half of the people slain in an Orlando nightclub were Puerto Ricans, the island's justice secretary said Tuesday, compounding the shock for the territory's gay community and society as a whole.

Cesar Miranda, the island's justice secretary, said 23 Puerto Ricans were among the 49 people killed, though it was not immediately clear how many were born on the U.S. mainland to Puerto Rican parents and how many had moved there from the island.