July 20, 2025 – SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom and Acting Governor Eleni Kounalakis have issued the following statement regarding the deaths of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detectives Joshua Kelley-Eklund, Victor Lemus, and William Osborn:
“Detectives Kelley-Eklund, Lemus, and Osborn proudly served the Los Angeles community with courage and honor. We are holding their families and the entire Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in our hearts. We will never forget their service to our communities and their sacrifice.”
On July 18, 2025, shortly after 7:30 a.m., three veteran members assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Arson Explosives Detail were killed in an explosion at Biscailuz Training Facility in the unincorporated area of City Terrace in East Los Angeles. This tragedy marks the agency’s largest loss of life in a single incident since 1857…