Carl Grillmair was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Monday, Feb. 16
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- Carl Grillmair was found dead on the porch of his Los Angeles home on Monday, Feb. 16
- The Caltech research scientist, 67, was famed for his research on distant planets
- Freddy Snyder, 29, has been charged in connection with Grillmair’s slaying, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
A highly acclaimed Caltech scientist was fatally shot on the porch of his home in Los Angeles.
At around 6:10 a.m. local time on Monday, Feb. 16, deputies found a 67-year-old man lying on a porch with a gunshot wound, said the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) in a news release. A suspect was arrested in connection with the incident.
The fatally shot man was later identified by the L.A. County medical examiner as Carl Grillmair, a Caltech astrophysicist who made several contributions to the study of distant planets, per the Los Angeles Times, KTLA and FoxLA…