PORT ST. LUCIE — For the second time in a year, a grenade landed — but did not detonate — at a Goodwill store in Port St. Lucie, police said.

The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office bomb squad joined police at the store late Wednesday afternoon in the 1000 block of Southwest Gatlin Boulevard.

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Employees there called 911 after a grenade was discovered in a donation bin, police spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Carrasquillo said.

Officers evacuated the store for 90 minutes. A bomb squad technician determined the grenade was inert.

A similar scene played out at another Goodwill store in the 1600 block of Southwest St. Lucie West Boulevard on July 27.

Gulfstream Goodwill spokesman Brian Edwards said the thrift stores do not accept any weapons as donations. But since an incident such as a grenade drop can happen, employees are trained how to respond and to notify authorities.

"We were very fortunate the grenade was not triggered," Edwards said.

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