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THURSDAY MORNING

Explosive device thrown at Mesa patrol vehicle, officer taken to hospital

A Mesa officer was injured early Thursday morning when an explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle,  police said.

Officers were in the neighborhood of Sunland and 96th Street about 6 a.m. Nov. 12 investigating a report of shots fired.

An officer was searching the area in a "fully marked patrol vehicle with emergency lights activated when an unknown explosive device detonated next to his vehicle," a Mesa Police Department release stated.

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