Police: Explosion Investigated as Detonation of a Car Bomb Seriously Injures 3 in Michigan

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Source: Associated Press

Police: Explosion investigated as detonation of a car bomb seriously injures 3 in Michigan

By Associated Press, Updated: Wednesday, September 21, 5:52 AM

MONROE, Mich. — Police say an explosion in southeastern Michigan that’s being investigated as the detonation of a car bomb seriously injured three people inside the vehicle.

The Monroe Police Department says in a statement that fire crews responded to the explosion around 5:40 p.m. Tuesday in Monroe near Interstate 75. Police say the three in the vehicle were taken St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, where they were in serious condition.

A charred shell was all that remained of the vehicle, according to video shown by Detroit-area TV stations.

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The department says the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Michigan State Police also are investigating.

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1. TV Reports now say a man and two children....

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2. They airlifted the kids to Toledo

Looks like it happened just north of the Ohio-Michigan line. :-(

[Historic NY]

3. updated with victims name

A law enforcement official says the man who was seriously injured along with two of his sons by a car bomb blast in Michigan is an area lawyer.

The official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the adult victim injured in Tuesday's blast is 42-year-old Erik Chappell. The official is familiar with the investigation but who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak about it publicly.

Authorities are looking for clues about how the bomb was made and who might have planted it. They say the three victims are in serious condition at a Toledo, Ohio, hospital.

Chappell works for a Sylvania, Ohio-based firm that has an office in nearby Monroe. The firm declined to comment Wednesday and calls to Chappell's home rang unanswered.

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