L.A. County District Attorney Considers Charges After Grenade Kills Three Detectives
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office is deliberating whether to file criminal charges following a deadly grenade explosion that killed three bomb squad detectives at an L.A. County Sheriff's Department training facility. The incident, which occurred last summer, involved two grenades retrieved from a Santa Monica apartment complex. One of the grenades detonated at the Biscailuz Center Training Academy, resulting in the deaths of Detectives Victor Lemus, Joshua Kelley-Eklund, and William Osborn. Investigations have focused on a former military special operations member suspected of leaving the grenades in a storage area. The Sheriff's Department has submitted a criminal investigation to the district attorney's office, but details on potential charges remain undisclosed. The explosion has prompted multiple investigations, including one by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and another into the disappearance of a second grenade.