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Alleged accomplice in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing dies in federal custody
Emergency crews are seen outside the American Reproductive Centers on May 17, 2025, in Palm Springs after the car bombing.
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The man who authorities say helped carry out the explosion at a Palm Springs fertility clinic has died while in federal custody, according to the Department of Justice.
Daniel Park, 32, was arrested earlier this month by federal officials. He was transferred to the hospital after being found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the Metropolitan Detention Center in L.A. Responding employees gave life-saving measures, and no employees or incarcerated people were injured, the DOJ said.
The cause of death was not announced.
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Federal prosecutors accused Park of shipping 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, typically used in homemade bombs, to the fertility clinic bomber.
The FBI said it planned to charge Park with providing material support to Guy Bartkus, the 25-year-old who died after setting off a car bomb outside an American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic on May 17. Four people were injured in the attack.
FBI officials said the men shared anti-natalist beliefs and that the explosion was considered the largest bombing scene in Southern California.
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