I would be hesitant to believe such tales. I think a lot of people are using this as their 15 minutes of attention. I think news of a student making such a threat would have made the news back then. You better believe the local paper would have dredged up the morgue and posted it too.
There are quite a few people speaking out about his homosexuality. So I believe he is a homosexual.
In the elementary school case, there are at least two people from the elementary school. One gives her name, the other is a teacher who is remaining anonymous. They said he went by a different name in school, Omar Seddique.
So when other people realize they went to school with this guy, we will hear more about it.
He was going by his father’s last name in elementary school. Not sure where the Mateen came from or why he changed it to Mateen. His father may have started using Mateen too.
If it had made the papers, his name would have been withheld because of his age.