The Nebraska State Patrol Bomb Squad and members of the Nebraska Air National Guard were able to defuse a potentially explosive situation after four grenades were found in a home in Lincoln on Tuesday morning.
“A Lincoln resident found four old hand grenades among the belongings of an elderly family member,” says NSP spokesman Cody Thomas. He says that person reported it to NSP. The Bomb Squad and and guard members responded and X-Ray technology determined that two of the grenades were suspected to be live and two were not.
All four grenades were transported and safely destroyed at another site. “The family member did the exact right thing in this case,” says Sgt. Clayton Dishong, Commander of the NSP Bomb Squad. “If you ever find a potential explosive device, leave it where it is and call 911 immediately. Do not attempt to move the item and let professional hazardous device technicians safely remove it.”
The NSP Bomb Squad and Air National Guard 155th EOD unit respond to dozens of situations each year in which old ordnances or potential explosive devices are located by family members cleaning out the belongings of a loved one.
(Photos: Nebraska State Patrol)