The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was executing a search warrant Friday at a Santa Monica residence related to the investigation of an explosion in East Los Angeles that killed three deputies, police said.
The search warrant was being served in the area of Bay and Lincoln Avenue. Evacuations were conducted for the complex and the surrounding area, according to LASD Deputy Miguel Meza.
Explosive devices were recovered Thursday after a renter at the property reported finding them inside a storage unit to Santa Monica police. The LASD bomb squad removed two hand grenades from the location.
Authorities say the search warrant is being served to determine if there are any other devices at the location.
It’s unclear if the devices recovered at the Santa Monica residence were the explosives that detonated in East LA.
Three deputies were killed after an explosion was reported early Friday at an LA County Sheriff’s Department training facility in East LA.
The explosion happened at the Biscailuz Center Training Academy in the 1000 block of North Eastern Avenue around 7:30 a.m.
The three deputies killed in the East LA explosion were part of the Explosives Unit within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, an elite team within the largest sheriff’s department in the U.S. The team is often responsible for dealing with explosive devices as well as investigating any violations of state or federal law.