A bomb squad was called to remove a possible explosive device from a garage in Calumet Heights Thursday.
Officers were called about 2:15 p.m. after an object resembling a mortar shell was found in a garage in the 9000 block of South Harper Avenue, Chicago police said.
A bomb and arson unit was called to the scene to identify the object, police said.
Further details were not immediately released.
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