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New Orleans police HQ evacuated after discovery of live grenades in car trunk
Police say car was connected to a home invasion earlier in the day
Authorities briefly evacuated the New Orleans police headquarters after officers realized a car they had towed had live grenades in it, a spokesman said.
The car was taken to police headquarters Thursday for processing in connection with a home invasion earlier in the day, officials said.
Two grenades were found in the trunk, prompting the evacuation of 15 to 20 people in the police station, said Frank Robertson, a New Orleans police spokesman.
The bomb squad was called in and the police station was reopened later, Robertson said.
In the earlier shooting incident, three gunmen stormed a home and shot five people before leading police on a car chase, CNN affiliate WWL reported.
Three of the people shot in the home died, the affiliate said. One of the suspects was fatally shot by police, WWL reported.
CNN’s Joe Sutton contributed to this report.