Palm Springs - A bomb explosion known as "intentional act of terrorism" outside a fertility clinic, one was reportedly dead and at least four people were reportedly injured in Palm Springs on Saturday.

The agency's joint terrorism investigators are on the scene, the FBI's assistant director of Akil Davis, Los Angeles, said. He described the explosion as so big that it caused damage to several blocks.

On Saturday afternoon, senior Los Angeles Police Department officials circulated an internal briefing Saturday afternoon and were deemed by the Times as the FBI has confirmed the suspect as the only death. The briefing also said that police found two rifles - AK-47 and an AR-Platform rifle, as well as ammunition next to the explosion vehicle.

As the day progressed, the investigation moved 50 miles northeast to twenty palm trees, and local residents reported that law enforcement blocked a section of a desert home, some wielding axes, which seemed to be searching for explosives.

Law enforcement sources provided police briefings for The Times, which identified the suspect as a 25-year-old man from Twentynine Palms.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed it is assisting the FBI in conducting an investigation in Twenty-Nine Hands. Spokesperson Mara Rodriguez forwarded further questions to the FBI.

The community is home to the largest base of the U.S. Marine Corps.

During a 5 p.m. press conference, Davis said the FBI had “people interested” in the case, but “we are not actively looking for suspects.” He would not answer further questions about the investigation.

The explosion was reportedly thought to be more than two miles and severely damaged the clinic and several other buildings. Palm Springs officials said the incident occurred on East Tachevah Drive near North Indian Canyon Drive.

Photos at the scene show extensive damage to the American Reproductive Center, the fertility clinic and the IVF laboratory across the street from the Desert Regional Medical Center. An office building two blocks from the explosion was blown up, and five blocks of Denny were blown up.

Palm Springs officials said the explosion came from cars inside or near the Indian Canyon outside the clinic.

"The explosion seemed to be a deliberate act of violence," said Palm Springs Fire Chief Paul Alvarado.

Palm Springs Police Chief Andrew Mills described the explosion as an act of terrorism, but said it was an isolated incident, adding that there was no greater threat to the public.

Authorities say they are still trying to identify the dead. Davis declined to comment on whether the person was considered a possible suspect.

Many law enforcement agencies on the scene, including Palm Springs Police, the FBI and federal alcohol, tobacco, guns and explosives. Investigators, bomb technicians and the FBI's evidence response team are being deployed, the agency said in a statement on X.

By mid-afternoon, emergency officials blocked off-road near the explosion, and white police cars were stationed in front of the building. Authorities encourage residents to provide any potential evidence and contact law enforcement.

A witness told the Desert Sun that when he walked past the clinic five minutes after the explosion, he saw body parts and parts of the car.

According to its website, the American Reproductive Center is “the first and only full-service fertility center and IVF laboratory in Coachella Valley.”

The clinic has helped over 2,000 families become parents, the website said, and highlighted its partnership with LGBTQ+ families. According to the Desert Sun, the clinic has operated in the Coachella Valley since 2009 since 2009.

Abdallah told the Associated Press in a phone interview Saturday that all his employees were safe and responsible.

"Thank God today is our day without our sickness," Abdullah said.

Abdallah told Wire Service that the explosion damaged the office space of the clinic where the patient was consulted, but left the IVF lab and all stored embryos.

The clinic called the incident a "vehicle explosion" in a statement posted on Facebook. It said it will open and operate in full on Monday.

"This moment shakes us - but that doesn't stop us," the statement said. "We will continue to bring a new life into the world with strength, love and hope."

The clinic released a photo of the consequences of the explosion, showing the building's roofs in trouble, debris flowing into the streets and smoke rolling from the inside.

Tim Prendergast, co-owner of the Christopher Anthony Ltd. gallery, is about two blocks from the scene of the explosion in his business. He first felt the shock wave hit the building and thought it was the beginning of the earthquake.

"But, of course, once I felt the explosion, I knew it wasn't an earthquake," he said.

He ran down the street to the scene of the explosion, along the black smoke clouds, and got there in a few minutes. He saw a car on fire and the medical building was engulfed in flames. There are multiple people in the area. Some people bleed but are able to stand.

Then he encountered a body part on the street.

“I was in Palm Canyon and saw a full body upper torso,” he said as his voice ruptured. “There are a lot of body parts, but they all come out of the explosion in the car.”

He said there were insulation materials in which cars and other debris floated in the air during the explosion.

He added: "I also noticed that thousands of auto parts radiate in all directions, radiating from the circular pattern of the car, which is only interrupted by the rear facade of the American Reproductive Center."

He feared that bombing was an act of family terrorism targeting clinics serving the LGBTQ+ community.

"I'm scared. I'm totally broken," he said.

“I think the fear in this town is incredible for the gay community,” he said. “I think people are very scared right now. I can see it in people’s faces.”

Former patient Staci Franklin said she was shocked by the news of the incident.

"What he did is make women want to have children," she said of Abdallah, who told Abdallah that her clinic helped her conceive her daughter, who is now 16 years old.

Franklin said she and her husband spent hours speculating about a disgruntled patient or an extremist who might have tried to destroy the embryo to “make a statement.”

"If that was their motivation, I'm glad they failed," she said.

Former American Reproductive Center patient Jaclyn Ferber Calonne was taking a shower when he started receiving text messages about an explosion outside the fertility clinic.

As the new mother of the baby, she immediately thought of people who might be endangered or damaged in the explosion. She also considered the clinic staff taking care of her and her husband while experiencing IVF.

She said she had never seen protesters outside the clinic. Especially in a city that welcomes and celebrates diversity, she said it was never thought that the facility could be a target of violence.

“When you face a fertility challenge, you have too much control, and the last thing you have is, ‘Oh my god, what if my fertility clinic blows up?’” “It’s not something you should worry about on all the other things you can’t control.”