Daniel Park, the suspect involved in the bombing outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, has died while in federal custody, as confirmed by the Bureau of Prisons on Tuesday. The 32-year-old from Seattle was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. Bureau officials reported that after staff initiated life-saving measures, he was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At this point, the cause of Park’s death remains unclear.
The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service have been notified, and there were no injuries reported among staff or other inmates at the facility. Park, a U.S. citizen, had been detained at the center since June 13 after being indicted for allegedly maliciously destroying property. His apprehension took place earlier this month in Poland, where he had flown to Warsaw shortly after the bombing on May 17.
Park was accused of sending approximately 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a material often used to create homemade explosives, to Guy Bartkus, the bomber who died in the explosion at the fertility clinic. Following the blast, Akil Davis, the FBI’s assistant director in the Los Angeles field office, labeled the act as intentional terrorism. Prosecutors noted that Park and Bartkus held shared nihilistic beliefs, and the criminal complaint against Park suggested that the attack stemmed from ideologies opposing pro-life views, encapsulating the belief that individuals should not be born without consent. Despite the damage inflicted on the clinic, staff members reported that all embryos stored on the premises were unharmed, and operations soon resumed at a temporary location.