WEST WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — There’s a large police presence in the area of Main Street in West Warwick which includes ATF and the bomb squad.
The bridge that carries traffic over the Pawtuxet River is currently blocked off, in between West Warwick and Legris avenues.
While we’re still awaiting official word on what happened, a man who lives nearby told 12 News he made a potentially dangerous discovery just before 4 p.m.
“I was magnet fishing off the bridge over there and I pulled up what appeared to be a military shell, a pretty large military shell,” Gerard Perreault said, adding that he then set it aside and called police…