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Explosion kills 3 LASD deputies in East LA; Santa Monica investigation possibly tied to blast
ABC 7 News ^ | July 19, 2025 | ByABC7.com staff

Posted on 07/18/2025 10:06:37 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Sources say the explosive had been brought back from a seemingly routine bomb squad call, and it was believed to be inactive.

EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Arson/Explosives Detail were killed Friday morning in an explosion at a training facility in East Los Angeles, authorities said.

A separate investigation is underway in Santa Monica at a scene the three deputies reportedly responded to on Thursday.

The incident, which was believed to be an accident, was reported around 7:30 a.m. at the Biscailuz Training Facility in the 1000 block of North Eastern Avenue, LASD said. The compound houses the sheriff's department's special enforcement units and bomb squad.

Multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News that it appears the explosive that detonated had been brought back to the facility from a seemingly routine bomb squad callout and was believed to have been inert when it exploded.

Three LASD members assigned to the agency's Arson/Explosives Detail were killed in the blast, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a late-morning news conference.

They were identified as Deputy Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Deputy Victor Lemus, and Deputy William Osborn, who were all assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau's Arson Explosives Detail...

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To: 11th_VA

Even if this was a tragic training accident, people all over the country immediately suspected this was an intentional act by a leftist group. That says something about the perception most Americans have of the left these days.


21 posted on 07/19/2025 7:52:49 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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Never underestimate the power of a thong...


22 posted on 07/19/2025 7:59:56 AM PDT by tet68 ("We would not die in that man's company that fears his fellowship to die with us." Henry V.)
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Wonder if they found 40mm HEDP? Those things are nightmares for bombsquads...safer to blow in place.


23 posted on 07/19/2025 10:00:53 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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