Shrapnel hit police vehicle during Marine Corps demonstration at SoCal's Camp Pendleton: department
Headline from ABC 7 San Francisco
There was an hours-long 5 Freeway closure during the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton live fire event in San Diego County, California.
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — An artillery shell fired as part of the Marine Corps’ 250-year anniversary celebrations prematurely detonated over Interstate 5 in California Saturday, striking a patrol vehicle with shrapnel, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The artillery rounds were fired over Interstate 5 (I-5) near Camp Pendleton in San Diego County as part of a military demonstration for the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary.
Metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell fell hit and damaged a California Highway Patrol vehicle as personnel at a U.S. Marine Corps base fired live rounds over a highway
The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials
The event had prompted a tense back-and-forth between California Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the Trump administration in the days leading up to the exercise.
California Highway Patrol reported a shrapnel incident during Marine Corps demonstration at Camp Pendleton on the same day that Vice President JD Vance attended an anniversary event.
A 155mm artillery round detonated over Interstate 5 during Vice President JD Vance's Camp Pendleton visit, causing minor damage to a CHP patrol vehicle with shrapnel.
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