Sheriff sends extra patrols to San Diego fertility clinics

FILE A badge for a San Diego sheriff s deputy Courtesy San Diego County Sheriff s Office The San Diego County Sheriff s Office sent out extra patrols near fertility centers Sunday following Saturday s deadly bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs The Sheriff s Office mentioned that while there are no known threats against clinics in the county out of an abundance of caution deputies will conduct extra patrols Our thoughts are with those affected by the occurrence sheriff s executives added We want to reassure the inhabitants that their safety and well-being will reliably be a priority for the Sheriff s Office and local law enforcement The department also urged residents to statement any suspicious activity by calling or their local law enforcement agency An officer with the San Diego Police Department mentioned on Sunday that there was no official direction from headquarters to conduct extra patrols within city limits The Chula Vista Police Department also wasn t ordering extra patrols an officer there mentioned An official with Escondido Police Department disclosed beat officers were briefed on the Palm Springs bombing and will be vigilant during their patrols FBI executives on Sunday identified the bombing suspect as -year-old Twentynine Palms resident Guy Edward Bartkus Bartkus was killed in the explosion which occurred around a m Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic at N Indian Canyon Drive The clinic was closed at the time of the circumstance but four other people were injured at the scene Those casualties were distributed from therapeutic care as of Sunday In a Sunday morning news briefing Akil Davis assistant director of the FBI s Los Angeles field office described the attack as apparently the largest bombing scene that we ve had in Southern California with evidence strewn for hundreds of feet around the blast