A Los Angeles Police Department officer who was killed during an on-duty training exercise was identified Friday.
According to the police department, Officer Thomas Denton who served in the Metropolitan Division was killed around 11 a.m. Thursday while participating in an on-duty training exercise.
No details were released about the nature of the training or where the exercise was held.
Denton was reportedly a member of the LAPD’s Dive Team and the training exercise was held in Fontana, however the LAPD could not confirm these details.
Denton 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 Denton’s body departed the hospital late Thursday afternoon, believed to be heading to the coroner’s office in Santa Ana.