Police are looking into how an armor-piercing tank projectile ended up along the banks of the Susquehanna River.- Download the WGAL app- LIKE WGAL on FacebookA jogger found the object on the Front Street River Walk at Peffer Street around 1:30 p.m. Sunday.State police bomb technicians were called to the scene and secured it.Police also used a bomb K9 to make sure there were no other explosives in the area.Anyone with information about the projectile is asked to call police.Harrisburg Police issued the following statement on Sunday:“On 10/22/17 at 1325 hours, Harrisburg Police were flagged down by a jogger on the Front Street River Walk at Peffer Street. The jogger advised the officer of a strange object in the river bank. Officers identified the object as a possible tank Sabot projectile. The area was secured and notification to the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Bomb Squad was made.At 1531 hours, PSP bomb technicians arrived and confirmed that the object was a Sabot projectile. The projectile was collected and taken into custody by PSP. An HPD bomb K-9 was summoned after the projectile was secured to verify that there were no other explosives in the area. No other objects were found. This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police or submit information through our Crime Watch Portal”

Police are looking into how an armor-piercing tank projectile ended up along the banks of the Susquehanna River.


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A jogger found the object on the Front Street River Walk at Peffer Street around 1:30 p.m. Sunday.



State police bomb technicians were called to the scene and secured it.

Police also used a bomb K9 to make sure there were no other explosives in the area.

Anyone with information about the projectile is asked to call police.

Harrisburg Police issued the following statement on Sunday:

“On 10/22/17 at 1325 hours, Harrisburg Police were flagged down by a jogger on the Front Street River Walk at Peffer Street. The jogger advised the officer of a strange object in the river bank. Officers identified the object as a possible tank Sabot projectile. The area was secured and notification to the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Bomb Squad was made.

At 1531 hours, PSP bomb technicians arrived and confirmed that the object was a Sabot projectile. The projectile was collected and taken into custody by PSP. An HPD bomb K-9 was summoned after the projectile was secured to verify that there were no other explosives in the area. No other objects were found.

This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Harrisburg Police or submit information through our Crime Watch Portal”