WASHINGTON: At least 16 officers of the Orange County (OC) Sheriff Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team have been injured by an explosion during a training exercise at the FBI Special Agent Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility in the city of Irvine, California, the OC Sheriff’s office has said, reported Sputnik.
“Today, Wednesday, March 13, members of our SWAT team were conducting their annual joint training with HDS (Sheriff’s Hazardous Devices Section) at the FBI Special Agent Jerry Crowe Regional Tactical Training Facility in the city of Irvine. During the training, an explosion occurred indoors causing injuries to sixteen members of the SWAT team,” the office said on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.
The office specified that 15 officers have been taken to local hospitals, and one managed to get to a hospital on his own. One of the officers suffered a non-life-threatening leg injury that required surgery, two suffered superficial injuries to the back and leg, and 13 others had dizziness and ringing in their ears, the office said. The OC Sheriff’s Department, in coordination with the FBI, has launched an investigation into the incident, the office added. – BERNAMA-SPUTNIK
