Officer hospitalized after explosion in Mesa

Nine o'clock. Let's get to some breaking news here locally. There has been an explosion near Southern and Chrisman in Mesa. So let's get right out to Annalisa Pardo. She is joining us live with an update on what she is learning. Good morning. Yeah, good morning guys. We are at the media staging area on Southern Avenue, which is about a half mile from where police say this explosion happened. But we do have another crew there and we should have some live pictures for you. So Mesa police tell us around 6 AM, they responded to a report of shots fired near 96th Avenue in Hampton. And while they were checking and investigating the area, one officer reported an explosion near 96th Street and Sunland Avenue that even caused some damage to his patrol vehicle. We're told that officer was taken to a local hospital just as a precaution. Officers have established a perimeter and are actively investigating both the explosion and shooting scenes. And it's still unclear at this time what exactly may have caused that explosion or where it came from. Those are questions we're looking to get answered. We are expecting a public information officer with the Mesa Police Department to be here at the media staging area and answer some of these questions. So, of course, we're going to keep trying to talk to people, people in the area who may have heard. This explosion and then hopefully to police themselves and bring you some of the latest details. But for now, I will send it back to you as they investigate both this shooting and explosion scene. Oh, interesting, isn't it? My goodness. What a situation for this neighborhood. Annalisa, thank you.