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2025-07-18 -Obits-

Three killed in explosion at LA sheriff's training center

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-18 12:24|| || Front Page|| [196 views ] Top

#1 Nice of DM to frame it as a training accident.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-07-18 15:23|| 2025-07-18 15:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Something stinks about this. There "should" be very strict protocols on storing any bang. Maybe they were working on susp device but only 1 tech would do that while others support from a distance. I worked with/Army EOD every day for year in B-Dad. Somebody messed up big time or...

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2025-07-18 16:50|| 2025-07-18 16:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Gut is telling me or...
Hope I'm wrong.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-07-18 18:01|| 2025-07-18 18:01|| Front Page Top

#4 More from the LA Times:

Deputies with the arson explosives detail, an elite unit within the sheriff’s department, were moving ordnance in the training center’s parking lot about 7:30 a.m. when the blast occurred.

The explosive device had been collected in Santa Monica on Thursday, law enforcement sources told The Times.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-18 18:29|| 2025-07-18 18:29|| Front Page Top

#5 So...they were transporting a pick up and it went off? They could have a controlled explosion bunker, I guess, to show how that works?

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-07-18 20:10|| 2025-07-18 20:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Given the advancement in the field, they could have a modern fast quadruped robot to pick it up and carry it to the explosion bunker.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2025-07-18 21:31|| 2025-07-18 21:31|| Front Page Top

#7 More from the BBC:

According to the BBC's US partner CBS, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's bomb squad responded to a Santa Monica garage on Thursday where at least one grenade was found.

The grenade was transported to the training facility on Friday, where officers were reportedly working to render it safe before it exploded, CBS reported citing police sources.

The area surrounding the facility was evacuated and has since been sealed off as investigators continue to work at the scene.

Interesting. What kind of person stores live grenades in their garage?

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-18 21:34|| 2025-07-18 21:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Someone who gives to the Widows and Orphans Ammunition Fund?

Posted by Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-07-18 21:43|| 2025-07-18 21:43|| Front Page Top

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