When the shooting happened there were a lot of theories regarding the motivation for the shooting and the FBI has finally released their findings.
-Shooter was a radical muslim.
-Shooter originally had targeted a Disney property but bailed do to armed security.
-Shooter googled "nightclub" in his phone and Pulse was the club at the top of the list.
-Shooter did not select the Pulse nightclub because it was a gay club and was not in fact a gay club specifically but rather LBGT friendly.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/pulse-shooting-lgbt-not-specifically-gargeted/
-Shooter was a radical muslim.
-Shooter originally had targeted a Disney property but bailed do to armed security.
-Shooter googled "nightclub" in his phone and Pulse was the club at the top of the list.
-Shooter did not select the Pulse nightclub because it was a gay club and was not in fact a gay club specifically but rather LBGT friendly.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/pulse-shooting-lgbt-not-specifically-gargeted/