A United States Postal Service facility on Villanova Drive SW in South Fulton was evacuated Friday morning after a grenade was found inside a package. South Fulton police responded to the scene around 10:27 a.m., and specialized units along with South Fulton fire crews also arrived to help clear the building.
According to wsbtv.com, a U.S. Postal Inspector was able to confirm the object was not a live grenade, and the all-clear was given shortly after. Police said the facility was expected to resume its operations later that afternoon. As reported by 11Alive, the scare unfolded at the USPS Mail Recovery Center at 125 Villanova Drive, and it remained unclear at the time of publication how many employees had been evacuated.
A Facility With a History of Scares
Friday's incident was not the first time this particular USPS site has triggered an emergency response. Per 11Alive, the facility had at least two prior reported bomb or suspicious-device incidents in 2025, including a bomb threat that was reported at the same location that year.
In that earlier case, the device found at the facility was ultimately determined not to be an explosive after initially being reported as one, and the facility was cleared following the investigation, 11Alive reports. A separate account of events from that period, detailed by ajc.com, describes a military ordnance that was safely removed from the building after an employee spotted a suspicious device around 7 a.m. in the 120 block of Villanova Drive, prompting police to evacuate the building and shut down the road. The Atlanta Police Department bomb squad reportedly removed that device by 10:30 a.m. and transported it to a secure location for a controlled detonation. The same report noted the facility had experienced a bomb threat the month before that incident.
September 2025 Evacuation Followed Similar Pattern
Another evacuation at the same USPS location unfolded in September 2025, when South Fulton police responded to a reported bomb threat at the facility at 125 Villanova Drive after a suspicious package was discovered inside, according to atlantanewsfirst.com. All employees and nearby businesses were safely evacuated as a precaution during that incident, and police gave the all-clear after investigating the facility. That report found the package had been determined to have been returned to the facility as undeliverable.
With Friday's grenade scare now resolved, the facility joins a growing list of device-related disruptions tied to the same Villanova Drive address over roughly the past year. 11Alive reported that it reached out to the U.S. Postal Service for additional details, and no USPS statement had been provided as of publication.
