The deaths of four Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department members in less than 24 hours are under investigation by homicide officials as the department grapples with the losses, multiple outlets report.
According to the Los Angeles Times, CBS and KTLA, the four former and current officers died by suicide.
Three of the members who died were active in the department and one member was a retired employee, the LASD said in a statement to PEOPLE on Wednesday.
The first death was reported on Monday morning at 10:30 a.m., the second one a little after noon the same day, the third one in the early evening and the fourth one on Tuesday around 7:30 a.m., the statement says.
The department did not disclose any information about the officers “out of respect for their grieving families,” it said in a statement.
The Los Angeles Times identified two of the members as Commander Darren Harris, who was found in his home in Santa Clarita, Calif., and Sergeant Greg Hovland, who was found in his home in Quartz Hill, Calif.
The deputy who died on Tuesday was found unresponsive in his home and pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital, NBC reports.
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