Investigators searching in Marina Del Rey after explosion that killed 3 sheriff’s deputies
Investigators served a search warrant on Monday morning, July 21, on the 13900 block of Marquesas Way in Marina Del Rey in connection to an explosion that killed three deputies at a Sheriff’s Department facility on Friday, July 18, authorities said.
That stretch of Marquesas Way holds apartment complexes and some businesses.
Serving the search warrant were sheriff’s homicide investigators, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Los Angeles Police Department.
On Thursday, July 17, items that appeared to be grenades were found on the 800 block of Bay Street in Santa Monica by the sheriff’s Arson Explosives Detail, which was called to the scene to assist the Santa Monica Police Department on a report of possible explosives, authorities said.
The next day, three sheriff’s deputies were killed by a blast at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training Center in East Los Angeles. Details of what occurred have not been disclosed.
ATF investigators are trying to reconstruct what happened on Friday, and “determine if the devices found on Thursday were in fact the cause of the explosion that occurred on Friday,” a Sheriff’s Department statement said. “These investigations take time, and we are committed to conducting a thorough examination to accurately determine the cause.”
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