(7-18-24) Yesterday at 11:55 am Van Wert County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on Ohio Street in the Village of Convoy for a report of a possible unknown explosive device that was found.

The Wright Patterson Air Force Base (explosive ordnance disposal) EOD Unit responded to the scene and identified the ordinance as a 40mm tracer cartridge. The EOD Unit made the ordinance safe for transportation and transported the ordinance to a safe location where it was then destroyed.

According to Britannica –

Tracer bullets have a column of pyrotechnic composition in the base that is ignited by the flame of the propellant; this provides a visible pyrotechnic display during the bullet’s flight. Incendiary bullets, intended to ignite flammable materials such as gasoline, contain a charge of chemical…