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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – After an investigation, the NOPD says that a device found in the 3600 block of Magazine Street this morning was a grenade that was “several years old and not a threat.”

The New Orleans Police Department alerted the media that it was investigating a report of a potential explosive device Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.