Bomb Squad Deals with Suspicious Device in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif.—The sheriff’s department’s bomb squad was deployed to Long Beach Nov. 5 to deal with a suspicious device in the Belmont Shore area.

Long Beach police officers were called around 3:25 p.m. to the 6400 block of Marina Drive, the department’s Allison Gallagher told City News Service.

A photo published on Twitter by the bomb squad showed an object that looked similar to a hand grenade, but police did not immediately provide a further description.

#LASD SEB Tactical Bomb Techs on scene assisting our partners @LBPD with a suspicious device on 2nd Street in Long Beach. Device rendered safe. Neighborhood safe. pic.twitter.com/zT2irh8Eh1

— SEB (@SEBLASD) November 6, 2022

Second Street was closed from Naples Plaza to Pacific Coast Highway while the bomb squad examined the device.

About 6 p.m., the police department wrote on Twitter: “LASD Bomb Squad rendered the device safe. Roads have re-opened. The investigation is ongoing.”