Virginia Beach pays $500K to clean mass shooting site. Experts say that indicates scope of tragedy.
VIRGINIA BEACH -- Most people would have a hard time imagining a job more awful than cleaning up Building 2 in the citys Municipal Center after the regions worst mass shooting took place there.
Belfor, a worldwide property restoration company with a branch in Chesapeake, did the work, receiving a $500,000 no-bid contract to clean up and decontaminate the crime scene after FBI and police finished collecting evidence.
The company declined to comment on the contract or the task, saying through a spokeswoman that the matter is too sensitive to discuss. The May 31 workplace rampage left 13 people dead, including the gunman, and four wounded.
At half a million dollars, Belfor's contract is more than twice the price charged by a Las Vegas company in 2017 to clean up after a gunman firing from a high-rise hotel killed 58 and wounded hundreds in a 15-acre concert field near the MGM Grand.
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