Here are some of the victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre

Florida police have begun to release the names of some of the victims of the mass shooting in the LGBT nightclub Pulse in Orlando.

They will release the names and ages of other victims, once their next of kin has been contacted about their death. So far, they have released the names of 21 victims. They include:

• Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old

(Image via Facebook/Edward Sotomayor)

• Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old

(Image via Facebook/Stanley Manolo Almodovar III)

• Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old

(Image via Facebook/Omar Capo)

• Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old

(Image via Instagram/Juan Guerrero)

• Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old

(Image via Facebook/Eric Ortiz) And also:

• Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
• Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
• Kimberly Morris, 37 years old
• Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
• Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
• Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
• Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
• Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old
• Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
• Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old
• Amanda Alvear, 25 years old
• Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
• Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
• Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
• Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old
• Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old

They are periodically releasing the names of the victims here. J.K Rowling has tweeted about her upset at learning that one of the men, Luis Vielma, had worked at the Harry Potter ride in Florida. https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/742224187369107456