Overview
- A collector in Atascosa County said he had owned the round for years and called deputies after a military friend warned it might still be live, prompting a response Monday.
- Sheriff’s deputies asked the Joint Base San Antonio–Lackland EOD team to assess the item and the specialists identified it as a live Parrott round from the Civil War era.
- EOD personnel moved the munition to an explosive range at Camp Bullis and conducted a controlled disposal with no injuries reported.
- The owner was not charged and officials said they acted out of caution to protect public safety.
- Parrott rounds were used by Union artillery in the Civil War and can keep explosive potential for more than a century, so authorities urge people to report suspected historic ordnance rather than handle it themselves.