The military ordnance round discovered Sunday on a lawn along the 3000 block of Magnolia Street has been safely destroyed.
Barksdale Air Force Base's explosive ordnance disposal team collected the round Monday morning and took it to a safe location north of Southwest Center. There, they put charges on the round and blew it up inside a mound of red dirt, an official said. The impact of the explosion left a three to four foot wide crater in the ground.
The charge and device were blown into the ground instead of into the air for safety precautions.
The military ordnance had a date of 1908 to 1910 on it, officials said.
The round was destroyed regardless of its status as live or benign for safety purposes.
A man found the military ordnance on Sunday while mowing.Although the neighborhood was not evacuated overnight, police said the homeowner decided to leave his house until the situation is resolved.