Two people were injured and a man has been detained after an explosion at a Santa Maria courthouse, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday. The courthouse is the same building where Michael Jackson faced his child molestation trial in 2005 before being acquitted.

Two people were injured and a suspect was detained following an explosion at a Santa Barbara County courthouse Wednesday morning. According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, a man allegedly set off a homemade bomb at the courthouse in Santa Maria around 8:50 a.

One person of interest -- an adult male -- was detained and is being interviewed, according to a public information officer with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.

Law enforcement and other emergency personnel converged on the Santa Maria Superior Court complex Wednesday morning after a report that someone threw a bomb in a courthouse building. The Sheriff’s Office confirmed an explosion and asked people to avoid the area since it was not considered safe.

Several people are hurt and the superior courthouse in Santa Maria, California, is closed following “a bomb explosion” Wednesday morning, officials say.

Two people were hurt in an explosion Wednesday morning at a courthouse in Southern California, authorities said.

Santa Barbara sheriff's deputies said an IED exploed Wednesday at the Santa Maria Courthouse and one person was immediately taken into custody.