A Los Angeles Police Department officer was killed Thursday during an on-duty training exercise.
According to the police department, an officer assigned to the Metropolitan Division was killed around 11 a.m. while participating in an on-duty training exercise. No details were released about the nature of the training or where the exercise was held.
Fox11 reported the officer was a member of the LAPD’s Dive Team and the training exercise was held in Fontana.
The officer was taken to Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley. Video from the hospital showed a growing number of law enforcement officers outside the facility.
A law-enforcement procession escorting the officer’s body departed the hospital late Thursday afternoon, believed to be heading to the coroner’s office in Santa Ana.