Explosive device thrown at patrol car injures officer

Also breaking a Mesa police officer is injured after an explosive device was set off next to his patrol car. Three men are now in custody. Fox 10's Brian Webb is live near Southern Avenue in Chrisman with the very latest kind of a bizarre story unfolding, Brian. Hi, it's been a chaotic morning out here to be sure and a lot of nervous neighbors as well not knowing exactly what went on. I'll show you behind me lots of crime tape, cop cars and a command van back there and about a half block is closed on 96th Street just north of Southern. Let's go to aerial footage here above the scene. You see that spot on the street. That is where the detonation took place. We still don't know exactly what went off but it was bad enough to damage a Mesa vehicle, police vehicle and send an officer to the hospital as a precaution. That officer was to a shots fired call at the time in a marked car with the lights flashing when suddenly that explosion happened near the vehicle. Police seem to think that someone threw the explosive device toward the car on purpose and three adult males have been detained. This is what police and witnesses told us earlier today. Investigators have let us know that it was an undetermined explosive device that was intentionally thrown at a police car. Concerned because this neighborhood is normally quiet. Most of our neighbors are elderly, so we don't know who they are and what's happening. So I just hope everybody's okay. And Mesa police sent out this picture moments ago. The Mesa police vehicle damaged. You see it's toward the back passenger side of the wheel. Police don't think the original shooting call was connected to this explosion in any way at this point so far anyway. And there was a brief school lockdown in the neighborhood that has since been lifted. We'll bring you more updates on air and online. For now, live in Mesa, I'm Brian Webb, Fox 10 News.