Body found in back of burning car
At 4:47 a.m. Sunday, Norman Police received a phone call reporting a car on fire in the area of 144th Ave. N.E. and Indian Hills Road. The Norman Fire Department, Norman Patrol and EMSStat were dispatched to the scene, Jennifer Newell, Norman Police spokeswoman, stated in a press release.
Newell stated that upon arrival, the vehicle was found to be on fire. Once the fire was extinguished, a search of the vehicle revealed a body in the trunk. The Norman Police Investigations Bureau and the Norman Fire Department will investigate the incident as a homicide.
The victim was released to the Medical Examiner’s office, and Norman Police will have no further information until the medical examiner has had the opportunity to examine the body, Newell stated.
Grenade found by city employees
Norman municipal employees found a grenade around 9:45 a.m. Friday, Norman Spokesman Mike Praizner stated in an e-mail.
Praizner stated City of Norman employees were trimming trees along a fence in the area of Sooner Road and Franklin Road when they found the grenade laying on the ground.
Norman Police Bomb Squad recovered the grenade, and after examining the device, believed the grenade was authentic, Praizner stated.
The device was later destroyed by Norman Police, stated Praizner, and it is unsure whether the device was left at the scene to cause deliberate harm to someone.
The device appeared to have been at the scene for a long time, he stated.
-Daily staff reports
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