South Pas Officer Collapses at Azusa Shooting Range

UPDATE:  The South Pas Officer has been identified as Kevin Sandoval of Covina, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Ming Hsu. Sandoval was among the South Pasadena and Pasadena police officers training at the Burro Canyon Shooting range when he collapsed about 2 p.m., City News Services reports.

"For unknown reasons, he collapsed during training, and struck his head," Hsu told City News Service. Paramedics, who are members of the Pasadena Police Department's Special Weapons Team, came to the officer's aid, according to authorities. Sandoval was flown to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora where he was declared dead at about 3 p.m.

Sandoval had been a sworn officer with the South Pasadena Police Department for two years and previously a cadet there for 18 months. He is survived by his parents and a sister, Hsu told City News Service. An autopsy is pending, according to reports.

UPDATE: County Fire Inspector Matt Levesque says the officer went into cardiac arrest and was flown by a sheriff's helicopter to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital. He was pronounced dead just before 2:30 p.m., according to City News Service. 

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A South Pasadena Police officer died from a possible head injury at a training exercise in the Azusa/Glendora area Tuesday, ABC 7 reported today. 

The L.A. County Fire Dept. reported a 23-year-old officer slipped and hit his head at a gun range at East Fork Road and Highway 39 in the Angeles National Forest, according to ABC. 

The officer was transported by helicopter to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora. It was not clear if the officer died at the scene, during transport or at the hospital, according to reports.