A home invasion led to the investigation of two suspicious itemsnear Prince and Flowing Wells on Thursday.
At around 11:30 Thursday morning police received a call reporting a home invasion in the 1300 block of W. Prince according to Sgt. Kimberly Bay with the Tucson Police Department.
A group of at least three suspects entered the home and engaged the resident of the home in a physical altercation.
The fight spilled outside into traffic on Prince Road.
During the fight, a shot was fired. No one appears to have been hit by the shot at this time.
The suspects fled before police arrived on scene.
When cops arrived they found a device that appeared to be a grenade. That investigation is what caused the initial road closure.
TPD working a suspicious item call near El Herradero grocery store. Prince Rd CLOSED b/w Fairview & Flowing Wells pic.twitter.com/K4LUHcjv6K
— Tucson Police Dept (@Tucson_Police) August 11, 2016
The grenade like item was not found at the grocery store. That was just used as a point of reference.
While the bomb squad was investigating the first suspicious item, someone dropped a bag off at a nearby Walgreens.
Bomb squad team members then went and checked that out and detonated the bag with a robot.
Suspicious briefcase detonated bomb squad leaving now Prince & Flowing Wells #Tucson @kgun9 @whatsuptucson pic.twitter.com/ztTm2pZGaY
— Christopher Miracle (@ChrisMiracle7) August 11, 2016
Home invasion detectives are continuing the investigation.
The resident of the home was an adult male. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing. Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed this to call 88-CRIME.
