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This morning, tragedy struck at a sheriff training facility in Los Angeles, CA.
A deadly explosion killed at least three sheriff’s deputies.
Here’s what we know so far:
BREAKING: Our LA @FoxNews producer @AlexandriaHrndz is told by multiple law enforcement sources that three people are dead after an explosion at a LA County Sheriff Department’s training facility in East LA this morning. Happened at the Biscailuz training center.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 18, 2025
The three deaths are confirmed to be LA County Sheriff’s Deputies. The FBI Los Angeles office tells us they are now responding to the scene. Initial indications we are being told is this appears to be a terrible accident.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 18, 2025
BREAKING: There was an explosion at a Law Enforcement training facility in East LA.
Law enforcement officials have confirmed that three people have lost their lives.
I hope it’s not what I think it is. Pray for those who have lost their lives and their families. pic.twitter.com/wi1PhUFdrx
— Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) July 18, 2025
At this time, it has not been confirmed whether or not the explosion was accidental or intentional.
However, according to LA County Sheriff Robert Luna, the deputies were handling explosives when the blast went off.
ABC News 7 shared his latest update:
Three LASD members assigned to the agency’s Arson/Explosives Detail were killed in the blast, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a late-morning news conference.
The sheriff declined to publicly identify the victims, citing family members who were still being informed of the deaths. Between the three of them, deceased employees had served in the department for 74 years, according to Luna.
He said the catastrophe marked the LASD’s worst loss of life in a single incident since 1857. No one else was injured in the explosion.
Luna said the cause of the disaster was unknown, adding that the devices involved were rendered safe by responding members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s bomb squad.
The sheriff’s personnel were apparently handling some kind of explosives when there was a blast, according to preliminary information from sources.
Reportedly, the deputies were handling explosives that they picked up from a bomb call.
Aside from the three deputies killed in the explosion, one other was injured and is currently in the hospital.
The Los Angeles Times has more details:
The blast occurred just before 7:30 a.m. at the center on Eastern Avenue, which is home to the sheriff’s special enforcement bureau and the arson explosive detail, including the bomb squad.
The injured individual was taken to a hospital after the explosion, authorities said. Their condition was not clear.
Preliminary information indicates deputies were moving an unexploded ordnance recently recovered from a bomb call out when the blast occurred, according to two law enforcement sources. The sources stressed that the investigation is ongoing.
The bomb squad typically picks up potential explosives across the region daily, but it’s a situation that’s always fraught with danger because it’s hard to assess the stability of materials and their age, the sources told The Times.
After the explosion, LAPD’s bomb squad responded to the scene to help render any other potential explosive materials safe. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded to assist with the investigation.
Employees told The Times they heard a massive boom shortly before 7:30 a.m. coming from the parking lot where the sheriff’s bomb squad keeps its vehicles. They heard glass shattering and screaming.
In the radio communications reviewed by The Times, a sheriff dispatcher tells units that there was an “explosion with three down.” She later advises that a sheriff‘s weapons team leader said investigators should “not approach” the scene at the time.
AG Pam Bondi says that federal agents are currently on the scene investigating.
Read her statement here:
I just spoke to @USAttyEssayli about what appears to be a horrific incident that killed at least three at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles.
Our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more. Please pray for the families of the sheriff’s…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) July 18, 2025
Kristi Noem confirmed that the DHS is on the case, as well:
.@DHSgov is working with state and federal law enforcement to respond to an explosion at the L.A. Sheriff’s Department.
Updates will be provided as they become available.
Pray for our law enforcement and their loved ones.
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) July 18, 2025
We’ll keep you updated as further developments come in…
Please pray for the victims and their families.
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