The Washington State Patrol bomb squad safely disposed of a live hand grenade Monday night after a three-year-old boy found it in his family’s front yard on Willard Street in Hartline.

The boy carried the grenade inside to his parents, who called 911 around 6:45 p.m. Deputies requested assistance from the WSP bomb squad. Technicians confirmed the grenade was live, removed it, and safely disposed of it in a rural area north of town.

The device was identified as a World War II era grenade that had been exposed to the elements for some time. How it ended up in the yard remains unknown.

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