Hahn Issues Statement After Explosion at Sheriff’s Facility Kills Three Deputies

San Pedro, CA – This morning, an explosion at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Biscailuz Training Center in Monterey Park killed three Sheriff’s deputies. The cause of the explosion is not yet known. LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn issued the following statement:

“This is an extraordinarily painful day for our Sheriff’s Department and for LA County. My prayers are with the families of the deputies and their colleagues in law enforcement who are reeling from this tragedy.   

I am offering my full support to our Sheriff Robert Luna and his department as they not only work to support our deputies but to investigate what went so wrong. We need to get to the bottom of what happened and make sure that it never happens again.”