Multiple live bombs were found in Wynne Park Sunday morning, police said.
The bombs have since been rendered “inoperative”. Garland Police were called to a wooded area of Wynne Park around 11:30 a.m. Sunday. “We were advised that there was a citizen that was actually going through the park and observed a suitcase that was open and there were several items and scattered about,” Garland public information officer Lt. Pedro Barineau said. “Among the items, there appeared to be explosive devices, pipe bombs.”
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