Bomb Squad Removes Live Grenade From Colorado Springs Park

Bomb Squad Removes Live Grenade From Park

UPDATE:

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Police in Colorado Springs, Colo., have safely exploded a live grenade that was found in a park.

Police say the modified military-style hand grenade was found Monday wrapped in duct tape on the east shore of Prospect Lake at Memorial Park.

Bomb technicians determined the device could have hurt people within about 15 feet if it had detonated.

Technicians are working to reconstruct the device and are trying to determine who modified it and put it in the park.

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A bomb squad was called in to remove a live grenade from a Colorado Springs park on Monday.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reported on Monday that police were called after a passerby noticed what appeared to be a hand grenade in Memorial Park.

The Denver Post reports that the Regional Explosives Unit was summoned to handle the object, which was determined to be "a modified military style hand grenade wrapped in duct tape," and a threat to the public.

The Regional Explosives Unit transferred the grenade in a bomb trailer to a safe range where it was detonated.

Police say an investigation into the incident is currently ongoing.

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