KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man reached out to the Lawrence Police Department for help Wednesday after he found a grenade behind some drywall while remodeling a house.
Police said the man called dispatchers from the 900 block of Iowa Street with the grenade in his truck.
Officers responded to the area at about 1:30 p.m.
Authorities then cleared the area around the truck and stood by until bomb experts arrived.
The Leavenworth bomb team later obtained the grenade and will properly dispose of it.
The device appears to be a type of grenade that expels gas and rubber balls, according to police.
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