At least 3 dead in explosion at Los Angeles County Sheriff's training facility

Detectives believed grenades found in a storage unit were inert before fatal explosion at LA training center, court document says

Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives believed two grenades found in a storage unit at a Santa Monica townhouse complex last week were inert after performing X-rays on them, but took them anyway to be destroyed or to be made safe, a court document shows. Related Articles 5.2 million above-ground pools recalled amid drowning deaths of 9 kids Man accused of driving into Southern California crowd has extensive crimi…

County orders flags lowered after three deputies die in training facility explosion – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

EAST LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County facilities will fly flags at half-staff following Friday’s explosion at a sheriff’s training center that killed three deputies in what officials called the department’s deadliest day since 1857. The explosion occurred about 7:30 a.m. at the Biscailuz Regional Training Center at 1060 N. Eastern Ave., killing three longtime members of the Arson/Explosive Detail with 19, 22 and 33 years of service. Officials sa…

Investigators serve search warrant in Marina Del Rey tied to explosion that killed 3 sheriff’s deputies

Investigators served a search warrant on Monday morning, July 21, on the 13900 block of Marquesas Way in Marina Del Rey in connection to an explosion that killed three deputies at a Sheriff’s Department facility on Friday, July 18, authorities said. That stretch of Marquesas Way holds apartment complexes and some businesses. Serving the search warrant were sheriff’s homicide investigators, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,…

Marina del Rey boat searched in probe of blast that killed 3 L.A. County sheriff's deputies

Investigators say they are following leads to determine the origin of grenades that were discovered inside a Santa Monica storage area and transported to East L.A., where the explosion occurred Friday.

Remembering the 3 Los Angeles County sheriff’s arson investigators killed in explosion

A veteran investigator, a respected mentor and a skilled technician — the three arson investigators killed in an explosion at the Biscailuz Center in East LA were remembered as the “best of our department” by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department leaders.

LA Sheriff Identifies The Three Deputies Horribly Slain In Training Incident - The American Tribune.com

In a terribly sad incident that occurred on Friday, July 18, three veteran deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department died in a training accident when a devastating explosion rocked the East Los Angeles County training site, the Biscailuz Training Facility in East LA. The incident was one of the department’s deadliest internal tragedies in decades. For reference, the three deputies were assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau’s…