3 killed in explosion at Los Angeles sheriff's facility

South China Morning Post

18-07-2025

An explosion on Friday at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles that left three people dead was being investigated as a possible training accident, officials said.
The explosion was reported at around 7.30am at the Biscailuz Training Facility, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida.
Tragically, she said, three members of the department died.
It was not immediately known what caused the explosion or what the department members were doing at the time.
An early line of the investigation was looking at a possible training accident, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter who was not authorised to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity.
LA County Sheriff's deputies are seen outside the Biscailuz Training Facility where three people were killed in an explosion on Friday. Photo: LA Times/TNS
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post that it 'appears to be a horrific incident', She said federal agents are at the scene to learn more.