{"id":470585,"date":"2026-09-21T04:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470585\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T04:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:38:10","slug":"southeast-fresno-hotel-evacuated-after-man-found-with-grenade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/470585\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Fresno hotel evacuated after man found with grenade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A southeast Fresno hotel was evacuated Friday night after police found what appeared to be a grenade inside a man\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discovery prompted officers to close the area around Second Street and Jensen Avenue while the Fresno Police Department\u2019s bomb squad assessed the device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driving the news: Officers were patrolling the area when they contacted a man parked outside a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not disclose what prompted the initial contact but said officers had encountered the man previously.<\/p>\n<p>After detaining him, officers searched his vehicle and found the apparent grenade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The response: Hotel guests were evacuated as a precaution while bomb technicians investigated.<\/p>\n<p>Police also temporarily closed Second Street and Jensen Avenue during the response.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What remains unclear: Authorities have not said whether the grenade was live or capable of exploding.<\/p>\n<p>Police also have not identified the detained man or announced whether he was arrested or could face criminal charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A southeast Fresno hotel was evacuated Friday night after police found what appeared to be a grenade inside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-470585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}