Organizers of Boston’s Pride Parade and Festival held a moment of silence Sunday in honor of the victims during the group’s five block parties across the holds a moment of silence for Orlando /4EF0Geicl6 Many American cities, including Boston, celebrated this weekend with pride parades and festivals. The shooting came in the midst of June, which is LGBT Pride Month. The shooter, Omar Mateen, remained inside the club until 5 a.m., when a SWAT team stormed the club and killed the 29-year-old in a shootout, authorities said. The attack, decried by President Barack Obama as an “ act of terror,” took place at Pulse Orlando shortly before it closed at 2 a.m.
