Los Angeles: A grenade that was Taken to an installation of the department of the Sheriff of the Los Angeles Detoned Angels last week and killed three detectives, but a second Granada is not counted, Sheriff said on Friday.
Sheriff’s officials in the special fire explosives detail of the application office believed that the two military -style grenades confiscated from a Santa Monica storage unit on July 17 were inert, but one of them detonated the next day and killed the three men, authorities said.
A federal investigation has determined that the second Granada is not counted, said Sheriff Robert Luna. Researchers have used X -rays and have registered vehicles and lockers at the East Los Angeles facilities, as well as in the perimeter of the explosion site and the facilities, from the explosion, he said.
“We’ve seen everything we could,” Luna said. He said the investigation into how the explosion happened was ongoing.
“At this time there is a second grenade, which we are not 100% sure where it is,” said Luna.
The explosion occurred around 7:30 am July 18 in the training installation of the department of Sheriff Bisdailuz.
The detectives Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn, who were all in the details of special fire explosives from the control office.
The day before the explosion, the detail was called to help the Santa Monica police after two grenades were found in a tenant storage unit in the underground parking of a building, Luna said.
Explosives detectives “ray the devices and believed that both were inert,” Luna said. The devices were taken to the installation to be destroyed and made safe, he said.
The authorities do not believe that the second Granada was lost on the road to Santa Monica to the training center, Luna said.
“We believe with confidence that it didn’t happen,” he said. Santa Monica is about 20 miles from eastern Los Angeles.
But if someone sees what seems to be a grenade, an explosive device or even an unknown object, they are warned that they do not touch it and call 911.
The Federal Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will lead research on the whereabouts of the second device, Luna said. The ATF has also sent its national response team to Los Angeles.
“I can clearly tell our examination after the explosion that we know that a device exploded,” said the special agent of the Los Angeles Division Kenny Cooper. “And we have not recovered any evidence of a second device in that scene.”
Cooper said that researchers, which include the use of dogs detected by explosives, drones and cherry collectors to look in the trees, have “meticulously examined the radius of more than 400 feet from the seat of the explosion, several times.”
“On the abundance of caution, we look for an explosion area much greater than the results of that explosive device,” Cooper said.
There have been changes in the way in which the department of the Sheriff manages explosives, including the treatment of all devices, even those that are believed to be inert, as live, Luna said.
Luna said he has asked for exhaustive policies from the review department after action. “We are going to change this. Let’s see everything.” Luna said.
“We owe it to families,” he said. “And for the love of God, I never want this to happen again.”
