An area where an explosion took place at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility is sealed off in east Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 18, 2025 in a still image from video.
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Los Angeles: At least three sheriff’s deputies were killed in an apparent explosion Friday morning at a law enforcement training center in Los Angeles, federal and local officials said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast, which officials said occurred at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Biscailuz Training Academy center in East Los Angeles.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media that “our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more.”
“Please pray for the families of the sheriff’s deputies killed,” she added.
A spokesperson for the FBI said that investigators were heading to the site of the explosion.