Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores had been injured on Oct. 10, 2023 at the Pitchess Detention Center.
CHP officers and sheriff’s deputies block off The Old Road at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic after an explosion and fire injured two deputies Monday, Oct. 10, 2023. , citing Joe Nunez, the Flores’ family attorney. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately identify the deputy Sunday morning, but was expected to release further information later.
According to Nunez’s statement on behalf of Flores’ family, the cause of the fire was “the malfunction of equipment during a training drill.”
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