Youngstown bomb squad finds Civil War cannonball inert

Youngstown bomb squad finds Civil War cannonball inert

Staff report

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A Civil War-era cannonball turned over to the city’s bomb squad this afternoon was inert, said Lt. Douglas Bobovnyik, leader of the squad.

Bobovnyik said police got a call around 1 p.m. from a man on Manhattan Avenue who found children playing with it on Division Street.

“The gentleman did the right thing,” Bobovnyik said.