Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva admitted Monday he has known for weeks that deputies took photos of the crash site where Kobe Bryant and eight others were killed, and said he ordered dep…
and eight others were killed, and said he ordered department personnel to delete the images from their personal devices.NBC 4 Los Angeles
. “We identified the deputies involved, they came to the station on their own and had admitted they had taken them and they had deleted them. And, we’re content that those involved did that.” Villanueva told the TV station he learned the week of the crash that as many as eight deputies had taken or seen photos of the scene where the helicopter crashed into a Calabasas hillside on January 26. The sheriff said those involved included a trainee deputy assigned to the Lost Hills substation, located near the crash site.
“We’ve communicated in no uncertain terms that the behavior is inexcusable,” Villanueva stated. “I mean, people are grieving for the loss of their loved ones.”
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