At least 20 people were injured in a training exercise at the Marine Corps base at Twentynine Palms, California on Thursday, officials said.
According to NBC, citing fire officials, about two dozen people were injured. Other reports said 20 were hurt.
UPDATE: Most injuries at Marine base related to inhalation of substance during live-fire, ‘urban-operations’ exercise @WKYC #TwentyNinePalms
— Grant deBruin (@GrantdeBruin82) February 13, 2015Most injured at Twentynine Palms are inhalation-related during a training exercise. No deaths. http://t.co/BM5dLWdW8N pic.twitter.com/1XemYH9aPZ
— M. Alex Johnson (@MAlexJohnson) February 13, 2015About 20 people injured in some kind of extinguisher explosion at Twentynine Palms. #breaking
— Catherine Garcia (@CatherineNBCSD) February 13, 2015
More than 20 injured in training exercise at Marine base at Twentynine Palms, Calif., fire officials say - @NBCNews http://t.co/QNxxP3xxkI
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 13, 2015
The nature of the training exercise was not disclosed.
It’s also unclear what exactly happened.
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AP update:
‘American Sniper’ suspect told cop he took ‘couple of souls’
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A police officer told a Texas jury Thursday that a former Marine charged in the deaths of two men, including “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle, told him he had “taken a couple of souls” and had more to take.
A police video displayed for the jury showed police in Lancaster, near Dallas, trying to coax Eddie Ray Routh from a pickup in the hours after famed Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were found dead at a shooting range in February 2013.
Officers in the video are seen trying to talk Routh into surrendering as he makes comments such as, “Anarchy has been killing the world.”
“He told us he'd taken a couple of souls and he had more souls to take,” Lancaster police Lt. Michael Smith testified Thursday.
Defense attorneys have said Routh, 27, was insane when Kyle and Littlefield took him to a shooting range to provide support and camaraderie. Routh believed the men planned to kill him, his attorneys say. Routh faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
The case has drawn intense interest, largely because of Kyle’s memoir, “American Sniper,” about serving four tours in Iraq. The Oscar-nominated film based on the book has grossed nearly $300 million.
Officers testified that hours after the bodies were discovered, Routh returned to his home in Lancaster, driving Kyle’s pickup. Officers spoke with him as he sat in the pickup but he refused to leave the vehicle, eventually speeding off with police in pursuit. He stopped minutes later after one police vehicle rammed the pickup.
