Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputies have shared photos of the crash scene where Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gigi, and 7 others lost their lives The photos included remains from the gruesome aftermath, TMZ reports.
The report obtained from TMZ, indicated that it’s not clear who took the photos from the crash scene, but it was being talked about by first responders just two days after the crash.
According to the report, at least one L.A. County Sheriff’s official had the photos from the crash scene on his cellphone “in a setting that had nothing to do with the investigation.”
The report does not say who took the photos and how many deputies and officials at the Sheriff’s Department saw or shared the photos from the crash scene.
The Sheriff’s Department contacted families of all of the victims Wednesday an official told The L.A Times the reason for contacting them was not because of the allegation but rather because there was a media inquire over the allegation.
The Sheriff’s Department would only say, “The matter is being looked into.” the TMZ report added.
This latest image comes a few weeks after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released images of the Kobe Bryant’s helicopter disappearing into the clouds, before crashing into a hillside.
The images released then were photos of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter in the air and the crash impact.
The heartbreaking photo which was taken from a security camera, showed the helicopter disappearing into thick fog, which was the final photo before the crash. A witness then shared a photo with the agency of the ball of fire that erupted when the Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crashed into a hillside in Calabasas.
Kobe, Gianna, six others and the pilot Ara Zobayan, 50, were en route from Orange County to Kobe’s Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, CA for Gianna’s basketball tournament at the time the chopper went down. Their cause of deaths have been determined to have been from blunt force trauma from the crash, by the LA County Coroner’s Office. The manner of their sudden and tragic deaths was listed as an “accident.”