"This started late this afternoon with what was apparently a very violent domestic call," Freda told WTIC-TV, adding that it led to a barricade situation and a SWAT team being called in. He said the police "were trying to coax him ... out of the house and really try to calm the situation down. Then things took a turn for the worse with an explosion."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2018 10:44 UTC