Orlando begins demolition of Pulse nightclub, site of 2016 mass shooting that killed 49

A memorial will be built on the site, with final plans to be revealed in May and completion scheduled for fall 2027 Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Demolition of Pulse, the LGBTQ+-friendly nightclub in Florida where 49 people were killed in 2016, began on Wednesday, bringing a symbolic end to an almost decade-long wrangle over the future of the building that some residents and its former owners wanted to be preserved as a memorial for the victim...

By Richard Luscombe in Miami