3 deputies confirmed dead in explosion at East L.A. sheriff’s training center

An explosion in East Los Angeles Friday morning killed three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies who were moving undetonated ordnance, according to law enforcement sources.

The blast occurred at the Biscailuz Regional Training Center at 1060 N. Eastern Ave., at about 7:30 a.m., the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

Aerial footage from Sky5 showed an LASD vehicle with a shattered rear windshield and a nearby backpack on the parking lot asphalt near what appeared to be the department’s explosives trucks. A tarp over the bomb trucks was visibly damaged…

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