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Omar Mateen’s short lived career with the Department of Corrections ended in six months. As Matt Galka tells us, we may never know why the Orlando shooter was fired.

Records released by the Florida Department of Corrections show Mateen was hired in 2006 as  a probationary officer. An evaluation seemed to show that he was well on his way to becoming a corrections officer with a little more training. But six months after he was hired, he was dismissed.

Mateen was fired during his probationary period which means he could have been terminated for a variety of reasons.

The Florida Police Benevolent Association represented corrections officers during Mateen’s stint, but he wasn’t part of the union.  Executive Director Matt Puckett says trainees are dismissed during probation regularly.

“It doesn’t seem unusual to me that someone in the academy could get dismissed. It’s possible the instructors realized this person wasn’t fit to be a corrections officer,” he said.

An official reason for his dismissal was never given, but the records indicated he was terminated for reasons not related to misconduct.

Mateen went on to get his security guard license in 2007, followed by his state firearms license in 2008.