A Carmichael boy on Sunday dug up a live, military-grade explosive with an up to 1,000-foot blast radius in his backyard, according to authorities.
The 81 millimeter mortar explosive shell must have been “just below the surface” when the boy unearthed the device on Marconi Avenue, raising alarm for his parent who called the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, spokesperson Sgt. Ed Igoe said Monday.
Deputies and the Sheriff’s explosive ordinance disposal team responded just after noon to the home near Garfield Avenue and determined the device was a live military shell was from 1953, Igoe said. A team out of the Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County confirmed the identification…