Sacramento County family shaken after child discovers live military mortar in backyard

CARMICHAEL, Calif. — An 8-year-old boy is back to playing soccer in his Carmichael backyard, just one day after finding what authorities later confirmed was a live military mortar buried in the same yard.

“Like a bottle of missile,” said Mateo.

That’s how Mateo described the object he found while playing…

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