Tragic. The victim's children, ages 14 and 18, were taken to the hospital with shrapnel wounds.
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. - Authorities say an Indiana father was killed and his two children were injured when a hand grenade they found in a grandfather’s belongings detonated.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reported explosion before 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Lakes of the Four Seasons, Indiana,Authorities say a family had been going through a grandfather’s belongings when they found a hand grenade. Someone reportedly pulled the pin, and the grenade detonated.
A man was found unresponsive at the scene and was later declared dead, according to authorities. His two children, a 14-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman, were taken to the hospital with shrapnel wounds.. The Porter County Bomb Squad was called to secure the area and determine if there were any other explosive devices.As families continue to find old military ordnance in loved ones’ belongings,
anyone who finds a suspected device should call 911 immediately and move far away from it. They say these devices are highly dangerous and can explode without notice.
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