After grenade kills 3 L.A. sheriff's detectives, D.A. considers charges. Against who isn't clear
Key takeaways
- County Sheriff’s Department training facility, killing three bomb squad detectives.
- The sheriff’s arson and explosives unit retrieved two abandoned grenades from the garage of a Santa Monica apartment complex on July 17.
- The apartment complex was where he or a significant other had once lived, according to those sources.
Funeral services are held Aug. 5, 2025, in Yorba Linda for Det. William Osborn, killed in a grenade explosion at an L.A. County Sheriff’s Department training facility. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By Richard Winton Staff Writer Follow May 5, 2026 6:01 PM PT 5 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X Linked In Threads Reddit Whats App Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.
Last summer, a grenade exploded at an L.A. County Sheriff’s Department training facility, killing three bomb squad detectives. Now, the L.A. County district attorney’s office is considering whether to file criminal charges in their deaths.
The sheriff’s arson and explosives unit retrieved two abandoned grenades from the garage of a Santa Monica apartment complex on July 17. The explosives were then moved to the Biscailuz Center Training Academy in L.A., where, the next day, one of the grenades detonated, killing Dets. Victor Lemus, Joshua Kelley-Eklund and William Osborn and marking the department’s deadliest incident in more than 150 years.