By Helen Jeong NBC4LA • Published July 29, 2025 • Updated on July 29, 2025 at 7:45 pm
Funeral services will be held in the coming weeks for three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives who were killed when an explosive device went off during an examination earlier this month.
Sheriff’s detectives Joshua Kelley-Eklund,Victor Lemus and William Osborn were killed on July 18 at the Biscailuz Regional Training Center when one of the two grenades seized from a Santa Monica apartment complex storage bin exploded.
The first deputy to be laid to rest is Osborn, 33-year veteran with the sheriff’s department, as the service is scheduled for Aug. 5 in Yorba Linda.
The funeral service for Kelly-Eklund, 20-year veteran who leaves behind his wife and their seven children, will take place on Aug. 7 in Santa Clarita.
Lemus, who comes from a long line of public servants in his family, will be laid to rest on Aug. 12 in Chino.
At the request of the families, all of the services will be private, with no accommodations for the public or media.