Used rocket launcher left for trash pickup causes Kingwood-area scare

The story is completely lacking in details other than it was stuffed full of dust bunnies and cobwebs. My guess: an old bazooka or LAW tube (at a described length of 3 feet, my bet is a LAW) was left in somebodies basement or attic, and someone who didn’t really know – or care – what it was simply threw it out.