Two people were injured and a man has been detained after an explosion at a Santa Maria courthouse, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. The courthouse is the same building where Michael Jackson faced his child molestation trial in 2005 before being acquitted.
Two people were hurt after an explosion was intentionally set off at a Santa Maria courthouse and a man has been detained, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday morning.Authorities received a call reporting the explosion at 8:48 a.m. and a person of interest was detained 'immediately,' Raquel Zick, spokesperson for the Sheriff's Office, wrote in a post to X.
Zick described the person detained as an adult male but did not give further details. The injuries to two people are believed to not be life-threatening, she said.'Explosion was from an intentionally set improvised explosive device,' Zick wrote in a post at 10:49 a.m.
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