Gun Shop Owner: We Called FBI After Mateen Tried to Buy Body Armor, Bulk Ammunition | 16 June 2016 | A co-owner of a Florida gun store revealed Thursday that his employees called the FBI after the Orlando nightclub gunman tried to purchase body armor and bulk ammunition. Robbie Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks in Jensen Beach, Florida, told reporters that Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people at the gay nightclub Pulse, came into his store about five weeks ago. Abell said that Mateen asked for level 3 body armor, but the store doesn't sell it. He also said Mateen made a phone call and spoke Arabic before asking for bulk ammunition. [*Ergo,* the FBI knew. So, why arrest Mateen's wife for not calling the FBI? The FBI was already called. --LRP]