Los Angeles police officer dies after training incident in Orange County

A Los Angeles police officer has died following an incident during a training exercise in Southern California, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

The incident occurred around 11 a.m. Thursday in Huntington Beach, according to the LAPD. The officer was taken to Orange Coast Medical Center in nearby Fountain Valley.

The department identified the officer as Thomas Denton, according to KABC. He was assigned to the LAPD’s Metropolitan Division.

KTLA 5 reported that preliminary, unconfirmed accounts placed the incident at a facility in Fountain Valley and indicated that the officer may have been a member of the LAPD’s dive team.

The LAPD did not identify the training site or say what kind of exercise was underway. What happened to the officer during the exercise and what caused his death were not immediately known.

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