LAPD bomb squad investigates possible explosive device at USC campus parking structure
Police say there is no threat to the public, as investigators respond to the 3600 block of McClintock Avenue on the USC campus.
The discovery comes two weeks after three Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were killed when a seized grenade detonated.
This is a developing story.
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