Three killed in explosion at LA Sheriff’s Department training facility
Authorities said that three officers were killed in a explosion in a law enforcement facility in East Los Angeles.
The explosion took place on Friday at 07:30 local time (15:30 BST), the Sheriff department’s special executive office and the boom team, including the Biscailuz Center Academy training facility, which contains details of the arson explosives.
The exact reason for the explosion is still under investigation, but Sheriff Robert Luna of LASD described it as a “isolated event”. There was no additional injury.
Sheriff said that the three officers killed in the explosion were “fantastic experts” and veterans of the department, each serving between 19 to 33 years.
The authorities did not publish the names of the deceased civil servants by stating the need to inform their families. All three of them were appointed to the details of the Sheriff Department.
Şerif Luna said that the incident on Friday represented the greatest loss of life of the department in a single incident since its establishment in 1857.
He said, “We should go back and investigate what’s going on from the beginning.” FBI and alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives office helps to investigate.
The US Chief Public Prosecutor Pam Bondi described the incident as “terrible” and said that federal agents were deployed to the scene and “working to learn more”.
Authorities say the explosion took place in the parking lot of the special enforcement office of the facility.
The US media refers to resources, reporting that civil servants have made an explosive ammunition that was rescued from a recent call for destruction.
The bomb team usually receives potential explosives in the region, but this is always full of danger, because it is difficult to evaluate the stability and age of the materials, Los Angeles Times reported that it refers to law enforcement resources.
The area surrounding the facility was evacuated and since then the inspectors were sealed while continuing to work at the scene.
California Governor Gavin Newsom was informed about the explosion and said, “He’s closely watching the situation”, he said in a statement about his office.
Newsom’s office added that state aid was also offered to help respond to the incident.
Los Angeles County Supervisory Supervisory Council Chief Kathryn Barger, said, “What happened and the situation of the affected situation more closely follow the situation as he learned the situation” wrote.
“My heart is heavy and my thoughts are with the brave men and women of the sheriff department at this difficult time.”
