Lawmakers are demanding answers after Saturday’s United States Marine Corps event at Camp Pendleton left at least two vehicles damaged by shrapnel.

A group of California Democratic lawmakers, including Rep. Mike Levin and Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, have sent a letter to the Department of Defense demanding answers about Saturday’s live-artillery demonstration over the Interstate 5 freeway.

Gov. Gavin Newsom had the California Highway Patrol close down a 17-mile stretch of the I-5 freeway ahead of the event, calling the plans “reckless” and a “profoundly absurd show of force.”

During the demonstration, traffic was jammed throughout the region, rail service was disrupted by the event, and one shell burst in the air and rained shrapnel down on the freeway, striking at least two veh

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