Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna is addressing the public after three deputies died in an explosion at an East L.A. training center Friday morning.
The explosion of undetonated ordnance occurred at about 7:30 a.m. at the Biscailuz Regional Training Center at 1060 N. Eastern Ave.
The identities of the three dead have not yet been released, though those three deaths mark the LASD’s deadliest day since 1857, Luna said.
Luna added that in spite of some media reports, no one else was hurt.
An investigation into the explosion will take place, Luna said.
“There’s a lot more that we don’t know than what we do know,” he said. “But our intent is to look at this from the very beginning and figure out what is it exactly that caused this tragic event.”
The scene was deemed safe only minutes before Luna’s 11:45 a.m. press conference, so the investigation will begin imminently.