'He always talked of killing people': Former co-worker of Orlando terrorist says he was a deranged homophobic, 'toxic' racist who hated women and loved violence

The Orlando nightclub shooter was an ‘unhinged,’ homophobic, a racist who, anti-Semitic and a misogynist claims his former co-worker at G4S Security in Port St. Lucie.

Daniel Gilroy, a former police officer said that Omar Mateen was filled with rage and ‘anytime a female or a black person came by, he would use horrible words’.

Describing Mateen as a devout Muslim, Gilroy said his former colleague once told him ‘I would just like to kill all those n******’ after he spoke to a black man and regularly launched into tirades against gay people and members of the Jewish faith.

Not surprised: Daniel Gilroy told ABC News that his former colleague was frightening to work with 

Place of employment: G4S, a British security services company (Crawley headquarters above), said in a statement that Mateen twice passed a background check when he joined the firm

‘He was scary in a concerning way,’ Gilroy said in an interview with NBC News.

‘And it wasn’t at times. It was all the time. He had anger management issues. Something would set him off, but the things that would set him off were always women, race or religion. [Those were] his button pushers.’

Gilroy added that Mateen always spoke about members of different races, religions or genders in a ‘derogatory’ manner.

‘He did not like black people at all. That was mentioned once or twice, but more so was women,’ said Gilroy. 

‘He did not like women at all. He did like women in a sexual way, but he did not respect them.’

Gilroy worked the community security gate at the PGA Village South in Port St. Lucie for several months in 2014 and 2015, covering the 7am to 3pm shift. Mateen would then take over for him, working from 3pm to 11pm at the resort.

‘Everything he said was toxic and the company wouldn’t do anything,’ Gilroy told Florida Today.

‘This guy was unhinged and unstable. He talked of killing people.’

Gilroy said he also began receiving 20 to 30 text messages a day from Mateen after working with him for a few months. 

Mateen (above) killed 49 people in the gay club Pulse and injured 53 others before being shot dead

Those messages, coupled with Mateen’s behavior and beliefs, ultimately led to Gilroy requesting a transfer he revealed as he was unable to continue working with the man.

Gilroy claims that prior to that he voiced his issues with Mateen to their employer on several occasions, but that they refused to do anything about the situation. He believes that G4S never took action because Mateen was Muslim.

G4S issued a statement on Sunday admitting that Mateen twice passed a background check when he joined the firm but that he was not fired because the FBI interviewed him about links to Islamic extremism. 

He began working for the company in September of 2007, who said that they are now ‘cooperating fully with all law enforcement authorities, including the FBI, as they conduct their investigation.’

Gilroy said he lost contact with Mateen in March 2015 and is not shocked that he killed 49 and injured 53 people at the gay club Pulse in Orlando on Sunday morning.

‘When I say that he was unstable or unhinged, I mean this is a man who would lose his temper for no reason,’ Gilroy said to ABC News. 

‘He would kick walls, slap desks. I’ve seen him throw the chair across the room one time.’

Gilroy also admitted he was glad to never see Mateen again.

‘I didn’t want to be around him anymore,’ said Gilroy. 

‘I’m not surprised at what he did. I always knew he had something in him like that. And if I had to pick one person that would be capable of that, it would be him.’ 

Now, Gilroy, is wondering if he could have done more to have somehow stopped this violent attack.

‘I kind of feel a little guilty that I didn’t fight harder,’ he told The New York Times. 

‘If I didn’t walk away and I fought, then maybe 50 people would still be alive today.’

 

 

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"He always talked of killing people": Former co-worker of Orlando terrorist says he was a deranged homophobic, "toxic" racist who hated women and loved violence