Live grenade found in Halifax County yard
A team of demolitions experts from Fort Bragg headed to Halifax County Friday night after a teen mowing grass found live ammunition there, the sheriff's office said.
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The demolition experts blew up the ammunition, according to Halifax County sheriff's officials.
Authorities closed down part of Easton Street in Roanoke Rapids and evacuated three homes after the discovery.
A sheriff's office spokesman said the boy found a zipped bag in the grass at about 4:30 p.m. Inside, he saw a hand grenade, a canister grenade and some shotgun shells.
Deputies who responded to the scene found the ammunition to be live and called Fort Bragg.
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