On May 30, 2015 at approximately 11:20 a.m. officers responded to Kelly’s Mini Mart gas station located at 18060 Allen Rd in Melvindale, MI 48122. A device that was determined to be a pipe bomb was located on top of the natural gas meter in the rear of the building. The MSP bomb squad deactivated the device.
The bomb was made out of a metal pipe with a cell phone taped to it with black electrical tape. The pipe had nails taped to both ends. There were orange, blue and white wires connected from the cell phone to the pipe. The pipe did have gun powder and BB’s inside. If you have any information about this crime, please make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
Crime scene photo of actual pipe bomb.
