On Friday, an explosion in a training center in the Sheriff’s Department of the County of Los Angeles made three deputies on Friday, officials said.
The explosion was reported just before 7:30 a.m. of the Pacific and occurred at the Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East la, which opened in 2017.
On Friday, during a press conference, the Sheriff Robert Luna refused to answer questions on the progress of the events, quoting the current investigation. He noted that the scene was made sure for the investigators to enter a few minutes before taking the podium.
“There is much more than we know that we don’t know,” said Luna, adding that it was too early to say what the deputies did when the explosion took place. “But our intention is to look at this from the start and understand what is exactly that caused this tragic event.”
The incident has represented the highest loss of life in the department since 1857, said Luna. The county was founded in 1850.
“Between the three sworn members, they had served our community proudly for 74 years,” said Luna, who called the “elite” and “fantastic” deputies on the details of the Criminal Fire explosives of Lasd.
The Sheriff department identified them as detectives Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn.
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Ten officials of the law enforcement who was informed of the survey told CBS News that the LASD bomb team had responded to a garage by Santa Monica where at least one grenade was found on Thursday. Granada was transported to the Biscailuz sheriff training center.
According to a spokesperson for LASD, the explosion occurred in the parking lot of the Special Office for the Application of the Law of the establishment. Later in the afternoon of Friday, law enforcement officials said that it seemed that work was done to make the grenade safe recovered before its explosion.
After the explosion of Friday morning, a working group made up of the bomb team of the Los Angeles police department, ATF, FBI and LASD returned to the Santa Monica district to serve a search warrant to find additional explosive documents, said Lasd.
The investigators did not determine whether the devices found in the garage of Santa Monica yesterday had a correlation with the explosion on Friday, according to Lasd. The police have evacuated the residents of the complex and try to locate a shelter for them.
In a declaration Posted on XUS prosecutor Pamela Bondi said the federal agents were on the scene.
“I just talked to [U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli] About what seems to be a horrible incident that killed at least three in a police training center in Los Angeles, “she said.” Our federal agents are on the scene and we work to find out more. Please pray for the families of the deputies of sheriff killed. “”
The secretary of the Department of Internal Security Kristi Noem said the agency worked With local and federal police to respond to the incident.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, confirmed that the investigators of the LAPD helped on the scene.
“The thoughts of all Angelenos are with all the people affected by this explosion”, ” She added.
Chief of the Jim McDonnell confirmed that the department helped by sending the teams of the Bombs, Swat and K-9 team.
“We are in solidarity with colleagues in the department of our sheriff during this incredibly difficult period and we remain ready to help in any way possible,” he said.
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The office of the governor of California Gavin Newsom said he had been informed on the situation and offered complete state aid for the answer.
California State University, Los Angeles, located just north of the establishment, published a declaration noting that there was no threat to campus. A parking lot on the campus is used as a transit zone of the Sheriff department. At the press conference, Luna confirmed that there was no continuous threat to the community.
The president of the Comtée de la County Council Kathryn Barger, said in a statement that she was monitoring the situation and had conducted her condolences to affected families.
“My heart is broken to hear about the terrible tragedy that took place today in an establishment in the Sheriff’s department of the county.” My heart is heavy, and my thoughts are with the brave men and women of the Sheriff department during this difficult period. We stick to them and their families as they sail in the hours and days to come. “
ATF has deployed its national response team to investigate the explosion. The TNT was deployed for the terrorist attack on September 11 against the Pentagon, the Oklahoma City attack and the bombing of the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. The team recently deployed the explosion of fatal fireworks Northern California.