Survivors and family members of the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting a chance to walk through the long-shuttered, gay-friendly venue this week.
The Orlando Police Department has closed its investigation into the former owners of the Pulse nightclub without filing any charges.
The Pulse Nightclub property, the site of one of the country’s worst mass shootings, will be sold to the city of Orlando, News 6 has confirmed.
Sunday at noon, amid days of events in observance of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub on June 12, 2016, each of the 49 victims killed in the attack were recognized with the somber tolling of a bell at the First United Methodist Church of Orlando, News4JAX sister station WKMG in Orlando reported.
The National Pulse Museum is expected to open in 2022 on a 1.75-acre parcel about a third of a mile from the Pulse Memorial. A foundation created after the tragedy, onePULSE, will unveil the final design proposals to the public on Thursday in Orlando. "We want to talk about the idea of safe places for the LGBTQ community, why Pulse was important," Poma said. Proposal 2"How we memorialize the Pulse Nightclub shooting influences the nature of the community's physical and spiritual renewal," MVRDV, an architecture and design firm, writes in its proposal. It has a very specific place for the name of the angels (the 49 victims).
