The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) has identified the three detectives who were killed in an explosion at a training facility on July 18 as Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn.

Three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at a training facility in East Los Angeles, a tragedy Sheriff Robert Luna called his agency’s deadliest day since 1857.

A growing memorial sits outside the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department training center in East Los Angeles where three veteran deputies were killed Friday in a deadly explosion. The fallen deputies

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has registered a campaign committee for the November 2026 election to win back his previous post. Villanueva’s is the biggest name yet to declare in the race for the position he lost to Sheriff Robert Luna in 2022. Luna has already declared his plans to seek reelection.

Eklund, who attended school in Apple Valley, was among three Los Angeles deputies killed during a Friday morning explosion.

Lemus is survived by his wife, LASD Detective Nancy Lemus, and three daughters. He has three sisters who are also in the department. He is also survived by his brothers Alfredo, Pedro, Juan, and Efren and brother-in-law Sgt. Robert Catalan, who is assigned to the LASD’s Carson station.

Officials were looking into whether the explosion, which killed three sheriff’s deputies, was caused by devices seized from a condo in Santa Monica a day before the blast.

The DOJ says it wants info on undocumented immigrants with criminal records. LA County Sheriff Robert Luna says his department doesn't have info on inmates' citizenship status.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced on Thursday that his department must comply with federal judicial warrants to transfer inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.