Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Three people died Friday at a police training facility in Los Angeles, the US government said, with media reports indicating that there had been an accidental explosion. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X that there “appears to be a horrific incident that killed at least three at a law enforcement training facility” and that investigators were on-site “working to learn more.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stated that “arson investigators and members of the LAPD bomb squad are assisting” at the scene in the Monterey Park area. “The thoughts of all Angelenos are with all of those impacted by this blast,” she said on X. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office reported that he had been briefed on “the reported explosion” and was “closely monitoring the situation.”
Fox News and other US media outlets reported that the incident at Biscailuz Training Center appeared to have been an accident and resulted in the deaths of at least three sheriff’s deputies. The Los Angeles Times quoted unnamed sources as saying that the facility’s bomb squad was moving explosives when the blast occurred.
Footage from local station KTLA, which helicoptered over the training center, showed a person in bomb disposal gear working around a truck believed to contain explosives, which law enforcement personnel had covered with a large tent. Authorities announced they would give a press conference later in the day.
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