It happened around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on North 5th Street near Wyoming Avenue.
The bomb squad had to be called in after police say three men put an explosive device into an ATM in hopes of robbing it.
Police say three suspects put what looked like dynamite into the money slot of the ATM, lit up the fuse and left.
However, it did not go off.
Officers say similar homemade explosive devices have been used in recent ATM robberies.
The three suspects remain on the run.
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