At least three killed in "incident" at Los Angeles police training facility
Los Angeles, California - Three people died Friday in an "incident" at a police training facility in Los Angeles, the federal government said, with media reports saying 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."
In a follow-up, Bondi said agents from both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) were on the scene.
California Governor Gavin Newsom's office said he had been briefed on "the reported explosion" and was "closely monitoring the situation."
Fox News and other media outlets said the incident at Biscailuz Training Center appeared to have been an accident and killed at least three sheriff's deputies.
The Los Angeles Times newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying that the facility's bomb squad was moving explosives when the blast took place.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said "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.
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.
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