US EditionFamily sues after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy dies from fire in mobile gun range
- The family of Los Angeles County Deputy Alfredo Flores filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Monday over a fire in a mobile shooting range in October 2023 at Pitchess Detention Center.
- The lawsuit claims that both the sheriff's department and Inveris Training Solutions neglected to properly remove or ventilate accumulated flammable gunpowder residue, which led to the fire during a firearms training exercise.
- Deputy Flores, a 51-year-old 22-year department veteran, suffered third-degree burns over most of his body and died six months later from complications related to the fire injuries.
- California OSHA fined the sheriff's department over $300,000 for willful violations including failing to maintain inspection records and allowing combustible material buildup in mobile ranges.
- The lawsuit seeks damages, accountability from defendants, and injunctive relief to stop mobile range operations pending safety improvements, while an investigation into the accidental fire continues.
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Family files wrongful death lawsuit against LASD after deputy was burned in mobile firing range fire
The wrongful death lawsuit claims the department failed to clean up gunpowder and other flammable materials before the mobile firing range caught fire in October 2023
Family of deputy who died at Pitchess files lawsuit
The family of a deputy who died last year from burn injuries sustained in an October 2023 explosion at Pitchess Detention Center announced Monday a wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit against the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department and a mobile gun range. Alfredo “Freddy” Flores, 51, a 22-year veteran of the department, died Apil 20, 2024, at the hospital from complications of thermal burns, nearly six months after suffering them in the Oct. 1…
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Family of LA County sheriff’s deputy who died after fire at training facility files wrongful death suit
The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who died months after he was burned in a fire at a training facility in October 2023 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county, the department and the manufacturer of the mobile shooting range where the deputy was taking a firearms assessment. In the complaint, attorneys representing the family of Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores say that the buildup of dangerous amounts of unburned g…
Family sues after L.A. County sheriff’s deputy dies from fire in mobile gun range
LOS ANGELES -- The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the law enforcement agency after he died from being critically injured in a fire that broke out inside a mobile gun range.
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Family sues after Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy dies from fire in mobile gun range
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday against the law enforcement agency after he died from being critically injured in a fire that broke out inside a mobile…
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