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Bomb Squad Detonates Pressure Cooker In Sherman Oaks

SHERMAN OAKS (CBSLA) – Los Angeles police detonated a pressure cooker which was discovered on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks late Monday night.

Bomb Squad Detonates Pressure Cooker In Sherman Oaks
A Los Angeles police bomb squad on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks were a suspicious device was found which turned out to be a pressure cooker. Feb. 18, 2019. (RMG News)

At around 10:30 p.m., officers responded to a call about a suspicious device abandoned on the sidewalk of Ventura Boulevard, somewhere between Woodman and Hazeltine avenues. They arrived and determined the device was a pressure cooker.

An LAPD bomb squad was called to the scene, and early Tuesday morning the device was detonated. Police determined the device was not a threat.

Police are looking for who may have left the device there.

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