The worst mass shooting incident in American history — 50 dead, 53 wounded— took place in Orlando, Florida this morning, and federal authorities are already describing it as a “terror incident.” 

The question is whether the ghastly attack on an LGBT nightclub was an act of domestic terror, or one motivated by Radical Islam.

Federal authorities say the shooter — Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, of Port St. Lucie (who was shot and killed by police on the scene) — was a U.S. citizen, born to parents from Afghanistan. One news report indicated that twice in recent years the FBI has investigated Mateen but found no reason to prosecute.

Let’s give law enforcement time to properly investigate this act of evil before we draw conclusions about Mateen’s motives.

But it should be noted that the horrific attack comes days after a spokesman for the Islamic State called for lone wolf terror attacks in the U.S…