Three law enforcement officers tragically lost their lives in a training explosion in Los Angeles.
Three Los Angeles law enforcement officers were killed after an explosion at a local training facility, in what officials say appears to be an accident. The three victims of the blast were deputies at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s arson and explosives unit, which handles over 1,000 calls a year, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Nicole Nishida told the Associated Press.
Authorities said that one else was reported hurt and the bomb squad has declared the scene of the tragedy safe and secure.
The incident occurred on July 18, at around 7 a.m. Pacific at the Biscailuz Training Facility, in what is described as the police department’s worst loss of life in a single incident since 1857.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters that the deceased members of the arson and explosives unit were killed during one of their regular in-depth training exercises.
Multiple law enforcement sources involved in the ongoing investigation that an explosive device mistakenly believed to have been inert had been brought back to the facility from a routine bomb squad training simulation when it exploded.
Luna called the accidental blast an isolated incident and said that there was no threat to the community.
