Latest on the mortar devices found in a shed in El Centro
Karina Bazarte
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – Locals in El Centro had to evacuate their homes after Bomb Squads safely removed two mortar devices found in a shed.
The El Centro Police Department (ECPD) says the shed is at a home in the area of Scott Avenue and Eighth Street, across from Kennedy Middle School.
Officers say the people who found the two military devices on Saturday showed law enforcement pictures of what they look like.
This is when the El Centro Fire Department and Imperial County Bomb Squad were called to the scene.
“They didn’t know if it was active or inactive but the resident who used to live there was a war veteran that no longer resides there…and they believed it might have been active,” said Sgt. Omar Mandujano with ECPD.
Police say the devices were not active and the Bomb Squad successfully removed and destroyed them.