Vehicle Hit With Artillery Shrapnel During Marine Ceremony: California Highway Patrol

Metal shrapnel from an artillery live fire at the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton on Saturday damaged a California Highway Patrol (CHP) car near a major highway, the patrol said on Oct. 20. The incident happened along Interstate 5 close to Camp Pendleton in San Diego County as Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were at the base to celebrate the Marines’ 250th birthday coming up on Nov. 10. CHP said an explosive shell fired over the Interstate 5 freeway detonated “prematurely” and struck a patrol vehicle, damaging it with metal shrapnel. The incident occurred in an area where officers were enforcing a traffic stop along the highway near the base after the state government opted to halt traffic during the live-fire demonstration....