you were on a mission with Leon to save the presidents daughter, and the both of you split for a while. Until he told you over the radio to meet up at town hall

“hey…meet me at town hall..I found something.” he says over the walkie talkie, and then examines the candles and skulls everywhere, and shoots the viper slithering across the ground.

once you arrive, he motions you to follow him towards the table. “look..” he points to the object on the table