Garland police officers found what turned out to be numerous live homemade explosives near a public park, police said. On Sunday at about 11:30 a.m., officers responded to a wooded area near Wynne Park, located at 141 W. Centerville Road, after a person reported seeing an open suitcase with several suspicious items nearby.

Numerous homemade explosive devices were found Sunday in a wooded area near a park in Garland, authorities said. A passerby walking around Wynne Park called police after finding an open suitcase with several items, some resembling explosives, scattered nearby around 11:30 a.m. Sunday near West Centerville Road and South First Street.

The explosives were found this weekend among items scattered near an open suitcase in a wooded area, according to a press release.