Orlando: 50 dead in gay nightclub shooting Shooter among the dead and 53 people in hospital after attack inside Pulse nightclub in US state of Florida, police say.

Fifty people have been killed, including the assailant, and at least 53 injured in an attack inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, in the US state of Florida, according to police.

Officials said on Sunday morning that the shooter, who was armed with assault-type rifle, handgun and some type of other device, died in a shootout with the police force at the Pulse nightclub.

US news networks have identified the gunman as a New York-born resident of Florida with Afghan origins.

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