Colorado Springs police find live grenade in park

February 15, 2011 at 2:18p.m.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police in Colorado Springs, Colo., have safely exploded a live grenade that was found in a park.

Police say the modified military-style hand grenade was found Monday wrapped in duct tape on the east shore of Prospect Lake at Memorial Park.

Bomb technicians determined the device could have hurt people within about 15 feet if it had detonated.

Technicians are working to reconstruct the device and are trying to determine who modified it and put it in the park.