Woman takes grenade to National Guard Center, bomb squad responds
By: Melissa Hudson
Posted: Aug 15, 2017 5:51 PM EDT
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. -- Mishawaka Police and the bomb squad responded to the National Guard Center on Edison Road after a woman took an old grenade to the center.
She walked into the recruiting center and handed the grenade to one of the recruiters around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The recruiter took the grenade outside and contacted police.
The bomb squad responded to the scene.
The bomb squad's robot transferred the grenade into the '8-ball.'
It will be taken elsewhere to be detonated.
Once the grenade was in the '8-ball,' police began clearing the scene.
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