Bomb Squad Deals with Suspicious Device in Long Beach

Bomb Squad Deals with Suspicious Device in Long Beach
Long Beach Police Department headquarters on Nov. 2, 2021. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
City News Service
11/6/2022
Updated:
11/6/2022
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LONG BEACH, Calif.—The sheriff’s department’s bomb squad was deployed to Long Beach Nov. 5 to deal with a suspicious device in the Belmont Shore area.

Long Beach police officers were called around 3:25 p.m. to the 6400 block of Marina Drive, the department’s Allison Gallagher told City News Service.

A photo published on Twitter by the bomb squad showed an object that looked similar to a hand grenade, but police did not immediately provide a further description.

Second Street was closed from Naples Plaza to Pacific Coast Highway while the bomb squad examined the device.

About 6 p.m., the police department wrote on Twitter: “LASD Bomb Squad rendered the device safe. Roads have re-opened. The investigation is ongoing.”