Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Victor Lemus, Detective William Osborn, and Detective Joshua Kelley-Eklund were killed in an explosion at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training at 1060 North Eastern Street in Los Angeles around 7:30 a.m.
Detective Lemus had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for 22 years, assigned to the Special Enforcement Bureau.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, who is also a detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, his three daughters, three sisters, who also served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, and four brothers.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
22 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Lemus gave the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Los Angeles community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Lemus.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Victor Lemus is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In CA, 719 of 1,837 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.1% of this state's fallen. That is 8.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept., 50 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 41.7% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Victor Lemus's cause is highlighted.
How Victor Lemus Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Victor Lemus is highlighted in Jul.
Incident Location
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