Man finds live mortar shell in grandpa's things

GREELEY, Colo. – A Colorado man sorting through his late grandfather's belongings found a bombshell, sort of: A live mortar round from the Korean War era. A bomb squad detonated the shell at an undisclosed site. No one was hurt. Police said Monday the grandson discovered the shell in a firearms cabinet at his grandfather's home just outside Greeley on Friday.

Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said the grandfather was in the military during the Korean War but police don't know how he came to have the shell.

Tymkowych says the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating.

Neither the grandfather's nor the grandson's name has been released.

I Know It Was A Long Time Ago But Don't These People Think About What Could Happen Down The Road, I Would Have Been Afraid To Touch The Thing For he Age That It Was.

He might have been saving it for some fishing at the deep hole....KABOOM!

Was lucky it didnt blow when he picked it up,couldnt have been stable.