Mello, an 11th grade member of the school's varsity soccer team, was pronounced dead at Mt. Clemens General Hospital after sustaining a single gunshot wound to the head at Mancino's Pizza Saturday night. A nine millimeter pistol was the weapon, according to police. Officers began life support until emergency medical personnel arrived. As of Monday morning, details of the events that led up to the shooting were still sketchy. We're talking to other departments and anyone who may have been near the scene of the incident.
Police believe that robbery was the motive.
While they know some money was taken from the store, they hadn't determined how much by last Monday. Pieces of the investigation slowly began to come together Monday. At a press conference held at the school district's administrative offices, Bolgar said police had determined that a late night pizza delivery was actually a set- up. Mello stayed at the store while an assistant manager went out to make a delivery that turned out to be a hoax. Bolgar said Mello had been told by his parents that he was not to make late night deliveries due to the danger involved.