Empty training mortar found at former Parkland homeless camp
PARKLAND, Wash. - The Pierce County Sheriff's Office bomb squad has found an "inert" mortar round at an abandoned homeless camp in Parkland.
The empty explosive was found on 112th Street E on Monday afternoon.
Bomb squad officials describe it as a 120mm mortar round. Investigators at the scene confirmed through an x-ray that the mortar was in fact an "inert training round."