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The Chilling Texts A Mother Received From Her Son In Orlando Gay Bar: 'He Has Us' (UPDATE)

The last text she received said: "He's in here with us."
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UPDATE: Eddie Justice was confirmed killed early Monday morning.

An Orlando woman received terrifying text messages from her son while he was trapped during Sunday's massacre.

A lone shooter gunned down 50 people and left at least 53 injured at a gay club in Orlando, Florida, in the early morning hours. Amid the rampage, the gunman, whom police have identified as Omar Mateen, took dozens of people hostage.

One of the hostages was Mina Justice's son Eddie, according to Inside Edition. Eddie sent his mother a string of text messages while he was hiding in the women's bathroom, the outlet reported. 

Justice shared the chilling texts on WFTV.

One said, "Mommy I love you. In club they shooting." A later text said "he's in [t]he bathroom with us." 

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WFTV

The texts continue with “I’m gonna die” and "he has us."

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WFTV

The gunman was killed by police following an hourslong hostage situation. Police are calling this shooting a terror-related attack.

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Orlando Shootings
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A body is removed as Police forensic investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016. (credit:Jim Young / Reuters)
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Police forensic investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016. (credit:Jim Young/Reuters)
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Kelvin Cobaris, a local clergyman, consoles Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, right, and Terry DeCarlo, an Orlando gay rights advocate, as they arrive on the scene near Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (credit:Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via Getty Images)
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Miami FBI agent Michael Leverock carries an evidence bag and documents to his car outside a condominium complex in Fort Pierce, Florida June 12, 2016. (credit:Joe Skipper / Reuters)
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Miami FBI agent Michael Leverock carries an evidence bag and documents to his car outside a condominium complex in Fort Pierce, Florida June 12, 2016. (credit:Joe Skipper / Reuters)
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Men console each other at a Ember Restaurant in Orlando as new reports come over the TV about the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. (credit:MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies set up a sonic crowd control device following the Orlando attack at a gay night club in Orlando, Florida, at the 46th annual Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California, U.S. June 12, 2016. (credit:David McNew / Reuters)
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Police forensics investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016. (credit:Carlo Allegri / Reuters)
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FBI agents investigate the damaged rear wall of the Pulse Nightclub where Omar Mateen allegedly killed at least 50 people on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. (credit:Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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People react the Pulse nightclub shooting outside the hotel where family members are gathering in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. (credit:GREGG NEWTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Police forensics investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016. (credit:Carlo Allegri / Reuters)
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FBI assistant special agent in charge Ron Hopper (C), law enforcement and local community leaders speak during a press conference June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured at a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in what is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. (credit:Gerardo Mora via Getty Images)
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Terry DeCarlo, executive director of The LGBT Center (Gay, Lesbian,Bisexual, Transgender Community) of central florida on North Mills cries near the scene of the Pulse nightclub terror attack on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured in what is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. (credit:Gerardo Mora via Getty Images)
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A Bomb Disposal Unit checks for explosives around the apartment building where shooting suspect Omar Mateen is believed to have lived on June 12, 2016 in Fort Pierce, Florida. The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killed at least 50 people and injured 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
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Demetrice Naulings sobs outside the Orlando Police Headquarters where police are interviewing witnesses in the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. (credit:Steve Nesius / Reuters)
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A woman prays at a site about a block from the Pulse nightclub in the aftermath of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at the Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. (credit:Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images)
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A handout photograph posted by the Orlando Police Department on Twitter with the words, "Pulse shooting: In hail of gunfire in which suspect was killed, OPD officer was hit. Kevlar helmet saved his life", in reference to the operation against a gun man inside Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida, June 12, 2016. (credit:Orlando Police Department/Reuters)
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Police tape marks off the entrance to the apartment building where shooting suspect Omar Mateen is believed to have lived on June 12, 2016 in Fort Pierce, Florida. The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida killed at least 50 people and injured 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. (credit:Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
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Law enforcement walk south of the mass shooting scene at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (credit:Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Getty Images)
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Supported by a friend, a man weeps for victims of the mass shooting just a block from the scene in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died and another 53 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. (credit:Gregg Newton/AFP/Getty Images)
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FBI agents seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured. (credit:Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)
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A message towed by an airplane urges people to donate blood, after a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 12, 2016. (credit:Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
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Long lines of people wait at the OneBlood Donation Center to donate blood for the injured victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspected shooter, Omar Mateen, was shot and killed by police. 50 people are reported dead and 53 were injured in what is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. (credit:Gerardo Mora/Getty Images)
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Concerned friends and family of victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting wait outside of the Orlando Police Department on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (credit:Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS/Getty Images)
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Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. (credit:Steve Nesius / Reuters)
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Members of the Orlando City Fire Rescue seen around Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspect was shot and killed by police after 20 people died and 42 were injured. (credit:Gerardo Mora via Getty Images)
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Police lock down Orange Avenue around Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman in a shooting rampage in Orlando, Florida June 12, 2016. (credit:Kevin Kolczynski / Reuters)
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Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse night club, where as many as 20 people have been injured after a gunman opened fire, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. (credit:Steve Nesius / Reuters)
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People gather as police conduct questioning near Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman in a shooting rampage in Orlando, Florida June 12, 2016. (credit:Kevin Kolczynski / Reuters)
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Police lock down Orange Avenue around Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman in a shooting rampage in Orlando, Florida June 12, 2016. (credit:Kevin Kolczynski / Reuters)
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Orlando police officers seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspect was shot and killed by police after 20 people died and 42 were injured. (credit:Gerardo Mora via Getty Images)
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Orlando police officers seen outside of Pulse nightclub after a fatal shooting and hostage situation on June 12, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The suspect was shot and killed by police after 20 people died and 42 were injured. (credit:Gerardo Mora via Getty Images)
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Police cars and fire trucks are seen outside the Pulse night club where police said a suspected gunman left multiple people dead and injured in Orlando, Florida, June 12, 2016. (credit:Orlando Police Department/Reuters)
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