California Explosion at fertility clinic in Palm Springs, at least one dead, May 2025

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Explosion at fertility clinic in Palm Springs, at least one dead

Emergency personnel are responding to an explosion at the American Reproductive Centers building in Palm Springs.

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Explosion at fertility clinic in Palm Springs, at least one dead

Palm Springs Police Department told the Desert Sun said the explosion at about 11 a.m. local time in downtown Palm Springs, which was felt as far as 2 miles away, appears to be a car explosion by the American Reproductive Centers clinic. Lt. William Hutchinson said that there appears to be at least one fatality.

"Everything is in question, whether this is an act of terrorism," he said on the scene.

 

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Firefighters respond to explosion at building in Palm Springs

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - Firefighters are at the scene of an explosion at a building in Palm Springs Saturday morning. The explosion was first reported at around 11 a.m. at American Reproductive Centers on N Indian Canyon, near E Tachevah Drive, according to city officials. Several viewers...

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One dead after bomb explodes outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

Police confirm one person is dead after a bomb explodes outside a reproductive facility

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One dead after bomb explodes outside reproductive center in Downtown Palm Springs

One person is confirmed dead after an explosion rocked the American Reproductive Services building on North Indian Canyon Drive near East Tachevah Drive just before 11 a.m. this morning.

Lt. William Hutchinson with the Palm Springs Police Department confirms it was a bomb in or near a vehicle parked at the building

 

[Maat99]

LOS ANGELES — One person is dead after a car exploded in Palm Springs, California, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said.

"This was a powerful explosion," the source said, describing a very large debris field and damage to multiple businesses nearby.


The identity of the deceased person and their involvement in the explosion is not yet clear.

There is no information yet on injuries or a possible motive, including whether a nearby fertility clinic was targeted.

At least one dead after car explosion in Palm Springs

The blast produced a very large debris field, damaging a number of nearby businesses.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Maat99]

Not sure if this is allowed, but anecdotally from witnesses, it seemed apparent from where remains were found that the victim was in or near the car where the bomb exploded. The clinic thankfully was closed.

 

[whitelilac]

More here:

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/explosion-rocks-building-in-palm-springs/

 

[airportwoman]

I just heard about it on ABC News. MHO: The clinic was not targeted, and if it was, it wasn't because of what they did there. We'll have to find out who did this, and why. As of broadcast time, no other explosives were found in the region, and the cold storage rooms were not damaged.

1 dead, at least 5 injured in explosion outside fertility clinic in Palm Springs

Residents are being instructed to stay away from North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California after an explosion occurred just before 11 a.m. on Saturday.

abcnews.go.com

 

[DS2021]

I'm hoping the only fatality will end up being the person who did this.

 

[vls12345]

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/police-and-firefighters-respond-to-an-explosion-20332791.php

The act was being investigated as a possible car explosion, said two law enforcement officials briefed on the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss preliminary information from an ongoing investigation. One of the officials told AP that investigators believe the person who died is likely the person who set off the explosion, but cautioned the investigation is still in its early stages.

He told The Associated Press in a phone interview that all of his staff were safe and accounted for. The explosion damaged the practice’s office space, where it conducts consultations with patients, but left the IVF lab and all of the stored embryos there unharmed.

Aerial footage showed a burned-out car in a parking lot behind the building that housed the fertility clinic’s office space. The blast caved in the building’s roof and blew a wide debris field across a sidewalk and four lanes of the street on the other side of the structure.

 

[musicaljoke]

I believe this has been posted in a thread here California Explosion at fertility clinic in Palm Springs, at least one dead, May 2025

 

[SAMS]

I just heard about it on ABC News. MHO: The clinic was not targeted, and if it was, it wasn't because of what they did there. We'll have to find out who did this, and why. As of broadcast time, no other explosives were found in the region, and the cold storage rooms were not damaged.

1 dead, at least 5 injured in explosion outside fertility clinic in Palm Springs

Residents are being instructed to stay away from North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, California after an explosion occurred just before 11 a.m. on Saturday.

abcnews.go.com

Just curious as to why you believe it wasn’t targeted? Ty!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[imstilla.grandma]

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“It’s kind of hard to see.” “It’s hard to tell if it was just the car.” “The explosion was so crazy, it blew out the glass of this liquor store. Look at this liquor store. Oh, my God. Look at this, dude. Damn. Crazy explosion. Glass and everything everywhere.”

“This explosion was significant.”
“Make no mistake, this is an intentional act of terrorism.”

“I really have no clue what happened.”
“Thank God today happened to be a day that we have no patients.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/palm-springs-explosion.html

 

[caradana]

Motive will be revealing here, when it comes out. Unusual story.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Related? A marine?

Evacuations underway in Twentynine Palms due to potential 'blast zone'

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) - Residents in Twentynine Palms neighborhoods are being evacuated to avoid a potential "blast zone," authorities told News Channel 3. People are urged to various areas in the city: Hwy 62 to the south Amboy to the north Bullion Ave to the west Utah Trl to the east...

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Authorities were still working to confirm the identity of the person who died at the scene. Davis would not directly say whether that person was the suspect but said authorities were not searching for a suspect.

Davis also said four people were hurt but provided no additional details on the severity of the injuries. Authorities were also investigating the possibility that the explosion was being livestreamed.

Nima Tabrizi, 37, of Santa Monica, said he was inside a cannabis dispensary nearby when he felt a massive explosion.

“The building just shook, and we go outside and there’s massive cloud smoke,” Tabrizi said. “Crazy explosion. It felt like a bomb went off. ... We went up to the scene, and we saw human remains.”

1 person killed in explosion outside fertility clinic; police say act was ‘intentional’

An explosion has killed a person and heavily damaged a fertility clinic Saturday in the upscale California city of Palm Springs.

apnews.com

 

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https://ktla.com/news/local-news/fbi-deems-palm-springs-explosion-a-terrorism-act-experts-weigh-in-on-possible-motives/

More photos inside link

 

[Tee7077]

Motive will be revealing here, when it comes out. Unusual story.

Right wing white male domestic terrorists or I'll eat my shoe

 

[flowershop]

The media outlet said law enforcement had recovered an audio recording by the man that laid out his motivations, which included philosophical objections to being born without consent.

One dead after suspected bomb blast near reproductive health clinic in Palm Springs

A suspected bomb blast that authorities believe was 'an intentional act of terrorism' outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic left one person dead and additional people injured.

www.latimes.com