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Live Grenade Found Outside Convenience Store

Posted: 10:36 am EDT April 24, 2008Updated: 10:59 am EDT April 24, 2008

FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. -- A live grenade was found Thursday morning in a trash can outside a Floyd County convenience store.

Police told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter Ross Cavitt the explosive was outside a store on Highway 20 in the Coosa community.

The Floyd County Sheriff's Office bomb squad was called out and discovered the grenade was live and could explode. They took it to a disposal area and blew it up.

Check back on wsbtv.com for more on this developing story.

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