3 killed in explosion at Los Angeles training facility

An early morning explosion on Friday at a Los Angeles law enforcement training facility left three members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department dead, The Associated Press reported, citing authorities. The blast, which occurred around 7:30 a.m. at the Biscailuz Training Facility, is being investigated as a possible training accident.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Nicole Nishida confirmed the fatalities but said it was not immediately clear what caused the explosion or what the deputies were doing at the time. Sheriff’s homicide detectives are leading the investigation.

A law enforcement official briefed on the matter, speaking anonymously to the news agency AP, said an early theory was that the incident may have been a training accident.