Sheriff: Grenade blast kills man, injures two teens in NW Indiana

Jewell Hillery reports on the latest from the story in NW Indiana.
WGN 05/20/2023
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LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — A man is dead, and two of his children are in the hospital after a hand grenade exploded in their Lakes of the Four Seasons home Saturday, sheriff’s deputies said.
According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, police responded sometime before 6:30 p.m. to a reported explosion in a home in the 3400 block of West lakeshore Drive.
Deputies said when they arrived on scene, an adult male was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead. His two children, a 17-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter, were taken to an area hospital with shrapnel wounds.
Upon further investigation, the LCSD said a family in the home had been going through a grandfather’s belongings when they found a hand grenade, and someone reportedly pulled the pin on the device and it detonated.....