LAPD bomb squad removes live Korean War-era ordnance from home

LAPD bomb squad removes live ordnance from home

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Police bomb squad has removed two live Korean War-era military bombs from a house in the Glassell Park neighborhood.

Sgt. Wayne Guillary says a man cleaning the garage of his parent’s home found the ordnance late Saturday morning. The bomb squad responded and determined the devices, which dated back to the 1950s, were live.

They were safely removed by late afternoon and taken to another location to be detonated. They had apparently been stored at the house for some time.

Surrounding streets were briefly closed to traffic and dozens of people within a 300 yard radius were evacuated.

Information from: KFI-AM, www.kfi640.com/