Marine Corps live-fire coaching causes shrapnel incident at Camp Pendleton

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A chunk of metallic shrapnel from an "explosive ordnance" that detonated overhead prematurely struck a legislation enforcement automobile in California on Saturday, throughout an occasion attended by Vice President JD Vance.

The California Freeway Patrol (CHP) confirmed the incident in a press launch shared with Fox Information Digital. It came about close to Camp Pendleton, a Marine Corps base in San Diego County.

The shrapnel was fired whereas CHP officers supported a site visitors break alongside I-5, the identical day that Vance visited Camp Pendleton to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps.

It's unclear when precisely the incident occurred on Saturday. The CHP mentioned it occurred "throughout an distinctive U.S. Marine Corps live-fire coaching demonstration over the freeway, and the place the CHP had elected to cease site visitors throughout the live-fire train."

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Metallic shrapnel from Marine Corps live-fire coaching struck a California Freeway Patrol automobile on Saturday. (California Freeway Patrol)

No accidents had been reported. CHP officers alerted the Marine Corps, who then "canceled firing extra dwell ordnance over the freeway," per the company.

In a press release, CHP Border Division Chief Tony Coronado known as the incident an "uncommon and regarding scenario."

"It's extremely unusual for any live-fire or explosive coaching exercise to happen over an energetic freeway," mentioned Coronado.

"As a Marine myself, I've great respect for our army companions, however my foremost duty is guaranteeing the protection of the folks of California and the officers who shield them."

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Vice President JD Vance speaks throughout the Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary celebration at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photograph/Gregory Bull)

"The CHP has filed an inner report on the incident, with a suggestion to conduct an extra after-action evaluate into the planning, communication and coordination between federal, state, and native authorities across the occasion on Saturday, October 18, to strengthen protocols for future demonstrations and coaching occasions close to public roadways," the discharge concluded.

In a submit on X, California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote that President Donald Trump and Vance "put lives in danger to placed on a present."

"If you wish to honor our troops, open the federal government and pay them," Newsom mentioned.

Vice President JD Vance boards Air Power Two at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on October 19, 2025, in San Diego, California. (Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Photos)