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Orlando's Pulse nightclub returned to owner, hours later, break-in occurs

By WFTV - Orlando and Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 14, 2016

Someone broke into the Pulse nightclub not even 24 hours after Orlando police and Florida Highway Patrol Troopers released the building back to its owners, according to Orlando police.

Police said the break-in happened Wednesday night, but the department would not release more information until a report is finalized.

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Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others were injured at the nightclub June 12. The club had been under the control of the FBI, but was returned to owner Barbara

Poma

one month after the deadly shooting,

.  She sat down with the "

" and said that she was planning on going back to the club.

Poma

said that the club was intended to be a safe place for the

LGBT

community,

.

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