One of many two hand grenades present in a Santa Monica townhome advanced forward of the lethal blast that killed three Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives is at present lacking, authorities stated Friday.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has decided that one of many two grenades detonated on July 18, “and one of many grenades is unaccounted for at the moment,” Sheriff Robert Luna stated.
“We performed an intensive search to find the second gadget, however we haven’t discovered it but,” he stated throughout a briefing.
The ATF, which is investigating the blast, may even assume “full management into investigating the whereabouts of this different gadget that’s lacking,” he added.
In keeping with regulation enforcement sources, investigators discovered one of many grenades was lacking once they might solely discover one of many “spoons” — suggesting just one grenade had exploded on the scene.
The bomb squad retrieved the 2 hand grenades left behind — apparently by a earlier tenant — in an underground parking storage storage unit on the advanced at 821 Bay St. on the evening of July 17 and took them to the Biscailuz Middle Coaching Academy.
The following day, one of many grenades exploded because the technicians have been dealing with them within the car parking zone.
The blast was the only deadliest incident for the division in additional than 150 years, killing division veterans Dets. Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn.
Officers searched a ship docked in Marina del Rey on Monday and storage lockers on Tuesday and Wednesday that regulation enforcement sources advised The Instances are tied to an individual who beforehand served within the U.S. navy.
