Second stray bullet found in community near Camp Hansen

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Second stray bullet found in community near Camp Hansen
By David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, December 24, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — An inch-by-inch search of the Igei community in Kin on Sunday turned up a second piece of metal, allegedly a stray bullet fired from a live-fire range on adjacent Camp Hansen.

Okinawa police say the bullet, allegedly from an American M2 heavy machine gun, was found about 100 yards from where another round allegedly struck a car during training earlier this month. The first round was found lodged in the license plate of a car on Dec. 14.

The second piece of metal, about 1.8 inches long and under ½ inch in diameter, was found during a search by 230 residents, according to local news reports. They turned out in response to flyers distributed last week by Igei community leaders urging them to search their neighborhood for additional stray rounds.

However, a U.S. Marine spokesman said Monday that the second piece of metal did not appear to be connected to any recent training.

"As part of the Marine Corps’ investigation into the alleged incident where a .50-caliber steel core penetrator was found ... Marine Corps ordnance experts conducted a visit to the location today along with Okinawa Prefectural Police," media relations officer 1st Lt. Adrian Rankine-Galloway wrote in response to a Stripes’ query.


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