ORLANDO, Fla. – Law enforcement officers had to clear the area around the Pulse memorial in Orlando Monday because an unknown package was found on the property.

It turned out to be a box of chalk.

News 6’s Orange County community correspondent Mike Valente was reporting on activists who were continuing to color in the crosswalk next to the site of the 2016 mass shooting when he noticed the package.

The Walmart box was taped up and addressed to the site.

Activists didn’t know where the box came from and called the police non-emergency line.

Officers set up a perimeter around the Pulse site while they investigated. A Walmart package left at the Pulse Orlando site caused a law enforcement investigation Monday. It turned out to be a box of sidewalk chalk. (Copyright 2025 by WKMG C

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