3 Deputies Are Killed in Explosion at Los Angeles Training Center

At least three sheriff’s deputies were killed in an apparent explosion on 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.

Several agencies have sent investigators to the site of the explosion, including the F.B.I.; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the arson counterterrorism unit of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Hilda Solis, a Los Angeles County supervisor whose district includes the training center, said she was in contact with County Sheriff Robert Luna about the blast.

“My heart goes out to the families, friends and colleagues of the three individuals who lost their lives in what appears to have been a devastating explosion,” Ms. Solis said.

Friday’s explosion comes more than two years after a deadly episode at a training facility for the sheriff’s department. In November 2022, 25 recruits at an academy near the city of Whittier were injured while on a run after a driver going the wrong way ran into them. One of the recruits later died from his injuries, and the driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving.

This is a developing story.