{"id":256144,"date":"2026-04-07T18:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256144\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T18:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:55:38","slug":"sacramento-county-family-shaken-after-child-discovers-live-military-mortar-in-backyard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256144\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento County family shaken after child discovers live military mortar in backyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 8-year-old found a live 1953 mortar in a Carmichael yard. Deputies evacuated neighbors and safely removed it. <\/p>\n

CARMICHAEL, Calif. \u2014 An 8-year-old boy is back to playing soccer in his Carmichael\u00a0<\/a>backyard, just one day after finding what authorities later confirmed was a live military mortar buried in the same yard.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLike a bottle of missiles,” said Mateo.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how Mateo described the object he found while playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son found it on that side,” said Mirna Bermudez, Mateo\u2019s mother, who spoke in Spanish while pointing to an area along the edge of the yard. \u201cThis is the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bermudez said the object was partially buried. Her older son noticed something unusual and called her over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe older kid saw it was something weird, and he called me. I took a photo and looked for it on Google,\u201d said Bermudez.<\/p>\n

Realizing the potential danger, Bermudez called 911 and rushed her children inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did think it was something dangerous, and that\u2019s why it scared me about how he was able to dig it out, and pull it out,\u201d said Bermudez.<\/p>\n

Responding deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> determined the object was a live mortar round.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was determined to be a live 81 millimeter mortar round,” said Sgt. Edward Igoe, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Igoe said the munition discovered at a home on Marconi Ave Sunday afternoon dates back to 1953.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat munition itself has a capability to send frag out 1,000 feet,” said Sgt. Igoe.<\/p>\n

The discovery prompted evacuations of nearby residents for about four hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty crazy,\u201d said neighbor Carson Law, who has lived next door for five years and did not evacuate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank God that there was no kids harmed, and thankfully nothing went off,\u201d said Law. \u201cI am just glad the area is safe and that this was discovered before anything crazy happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities safely removed and destroyed the mortar with assistance from Air Force explosive ordnance disposal teams from Beale Air Force Base.<\/p>\n

For Bermudez and her family, who moved into the home two months ago, the fear hasn\u2019t fully gone away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth is that right now I am scared that there could be other explosives in the yard,” said Bermudez. \u201cThey are scared, the kids are scared of exploring in the yard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheriff\u2019s office urges anyone who encounters a suspicious object not to touch it, to leave the area immediately and call law enforcement.<\/p>\n

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