Object found in Alamo home identified as inert explosive
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The suspicious item recovered from an Alamo home Wednesday turned out to be an inert explosive, according to police chief Richard Ozuna.
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The McAllen bomb squad and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to a home at the home on the 400 block of Cripple Creek Circle after the homeowner found what appeared to be a military explosive in a storage trailer he purchased in San Antonio.
On Thursday, Ozuna said he received confirmation that the device was an inert explosive training head.
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The device was not active and posed no threat, Ozuna added.