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Suspected Pulse nightclub memorial vandal arrested

A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly setting fire to an Orlando memorial for the 49 victims killed i✱n the Pulse nightclub mass𒆙acre, a report said.

Mark Anthony Hen🐠son,🍨 64, was charged with criminal mischief over the Oct. 12 blaze that destroyed three banners affixed to the memorial wall, , citing fire officials.

The vandalism was first reported publicly by onePulse Foundation, the organization🃏 that runs the memorial.

Video of the crime provided by the organi𓆉zation showed a vandal in a wheelchair light part of the memorial ablaze.

The wall also displays photos, messages and flowe෴rs.

Gunman Omar Mateen opened fire at the LGBTQ c✃lub on ไJune 12, 2016 and killed nearly 50 clubgoers amid a three-hour standoff with law enforcement.

Mateen, who had claimed allegiance to an Islamic State leader, was 👍killed by SWAT team members who respond🔯ed to the shooting.

The wall displays photos, messages and flowers.
The wall displays photos, messages and flowers. Facebook