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3. Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday highlighted steps being taken by law enforcement to increase security around Massachusetts and downplayed any connection between the attacker responsible for this weekend’s mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub and the brothers who carried out the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old who opened fire at gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday morning, killing 49 and injuring 53 others, referred to the Tsarnaev brothers as his “homeboys” during one of three 911 calls during the attack, according to the FBI, which also said “all evidence collected to date shows no connection between Mateen and the Tsarnaev brothers.”

Baker said the reference to the marathon bombings had been addressed at the top of a call Sunday night with national security officials.

“At this point in time, there’s no reason to believe that there’s much to that other than he referenced it as something that had happened. It doesn’t appear that he had any direct connection to that at all,” Baker said.

Joined by Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Public Safety Secretary Daniel Bennett, Baker spoke to the media late Monday morning, conveying his sympathy for the victims of an attack that he said hit “particularly close to home for me” because of his gay brother.

After speaking with his brother and other gay friends on Sunday, Baker said they felt that just as acceptance of members of the LGBT community appears to be improving in the country, something happens to the community spurred by hatred.