Break-in reported at Orlando's Pulse club

Someone broke into the Orlando nightclub Pulse early Thursday, a month after a gunman's shooting spree there left 49 people dead, local police said.

"We can confirm Pulse had a break in last night," Orlando police said in a tweet. The incident took place just hours after authorities released the club, which had been held as a crime scene, back to its owners.

The police report indicates someone pried off a piece of plywood that was screwed over a side door, then pried a door open. The report did not indicate that anything was taken. The owners, Rosario and Barbara Poma, discovered the break-in Thursday morning, the report said.

The LGBT nightclub has been closed since June 12, when Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle while the club was packed with revelers for "Latin Night." Forty-nine people died before Mateen was killed in a shootout with officers.

Sara Brady, a spokeswoman for the club's owners, told the Orlando Sentinel the break-in happened around 3 a.m. "I think it's fair to say that the owners are disappointed that someone would do that," she said.

On Wednesday, Barbara Poma called the FBI's return of the club "bittersweet."

"None of us will ever understand why this unspeakable event happened at Pulse, which was always intended to be a safe place for the LGBT community," Poma said in a statement.

Police have said last month's massacre began outside the club, where Mateen shot at a police officer. Mateen fled inside and was followed by officers who again briefly engaged him in a gunfight. The first 911 call came in just after 2 a.m.

Authorities assembled a grisly narrative of the rampage and four-hour standoff that followed based on 911 calls and texts to police.

Mateen called a local TV station during the bloody siege to announce his allegiance to the Islamic State, police said. He made 911 calls from the club and made similar references while speaking with negotiators. Police finally smashed through a wall of the club and engaged in another firefight with Mateen, who died at the scene.

President Obama held a series of emotional private meetings in Orlando with the families of victims of the worst mass shooting in American history.