Eklund, Victor Lemus and William Osborn were killed in an explosion Friday. They collectively held 74 years of law enforcement experience and leave behind 16 children between them.

Senior law enforcement officials said the LASD bomb squad responded to a garage in Santa Monica yesterday, where at least one grenade was found. It was transported to the training facility, where the deputies were working to render it safe,

Three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies assigned to the arson explosives detail were killed in an explosion at a law enforcement training facility.