Oklahoma City Man Finds Artillery Shell in Yard

Explosives experts from Fort Sill have been called to remove an artillery shell from an Oklahoma City yard.

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 2:27 pm

By: News 9


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OKLAHOMA CITY – Explosives experts from Fort Sill have been called to remove an artillery shell from an Oklahoma City yard.

A man found the shell in his yard in the 2500 block of N.W. 16th Street and showed it to a neighbor who told him to call 911, police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said.

The Oklahoma City bomb squad was called to the scene, but the police bomb squad does not deal with military devices, Wardlow said.

Police evacuated surrounding houses as a precaution until the crew from Fort Sill arrived, Wardlow said.

The neighbor said the shell looked like it may have been from World War I and appeared to be a high explosive shell with a radius of 25 feet, which is why he told the man to call police.

It is unclear exactly what the shell was. Crews took the shell, contained it and cleared the area after a few hours.

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