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Demovictory9

(36,798 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:16 PM 20 hrs ago

Those 3 Los Angeles explosive experts killed last week CUT A GRENADE IN HALF thinking it was inert

Details: Ex military guy moved out of a Santa Monica apartment years ago. He left grenades in the associated storage unit. New tenant found the grenades and called the cops. Explosive experts picked them up. The explosion experts thought the grenades were inert and cut one in half.

They are now raiding the guys boat and car.

The investigation into the deaths of three L.A. County deputies, all killed by an explosion of military-style grenades thought to be inert, has made its way from Santa Monica to Marina del Rey where law enforcements officials were spotted outside an apartment complex Monday. Mary Beth McDade reports July 21, 2025. Details: ktla.com

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Those 3 Los Angeles explosive experts killed last week CUT A GRENADE IN HALF thinking it was inert (Original Post) Demovictory9 20 hrs ago OP
don't seem very expert pimpbot 20 hrs ago #1
I agree that the guy who left the grenades has liability in this. He is a KILLER to have left those grenades Demovictory9 20 hrs ago #2
I think he is out of the country . I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't return JI7 19 hrs ago #14
They supposedly X-rayed the grenades and determined the grenades were inert. Hassin Bin Sober 7 min ago #18
Why would an explosives expert cut a grenade in half? sop 20 hrs ago #3
Why would the other two stand and watch?? Not one of three said "no! no! no!" Demovictory9 20 hrs ago #4
I can just see them at a workbench, watching while one of them cuts into a live grenade with a Dremel tool. sop 19 hrs ago #12
And why do LAPD explosives experts keep screwing up? Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #5
that was LAPD, this is LA Sheriff Demovictory9 20 hrs ago #8
Damn grenades. They'll get you every time... PeaceWave 20 hrs ago #6
omg. what was that? Demovictory9 20 hrs ago #7
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 20 hrs ago #9
It looks like they were more expert at opening beer cans while playing with explosives. Ping Tung 19 hrs ago #10
Just the same as with every NRA gun nut who fancies himself a firearms expert. Aristus 19 hrs ago #11
I guess a torch wasn't available onethatcares 19 hrs ago #13
Fucking geniuses. Hey, let's cut one in half and see what's in there. Is that in the manual? Martin68 18 hrs ago #15
More: they had xrayed the grenades. The grenades had been stolen by the military guy Demovictory9 8 hrs ago #16
One hell of a dynamic training exercise HAB911 31 min ago #17

pimpbot

(1,100 posts)
1. don't seem very expert
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:22 PM
20 hrs ago

Step 1 is cut grenade in half? Aren't they supposed to assume live explosive until determined otherwise?

Dude who left them there also seems to have a couple screws loose. How far into la-la land do you have to be to forget your illegal explosives? Lock HIM up.

Demovictory9

(36,798 posts)
2. I agree that the guy who left the grenades has liability in this. He is a KILLER to have left those grenades
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:25 PM
20 hrs ago

I'm also confused about the actions of the experts? They didnt use their robot or wear that big thick explosive suit?

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,160 posts)
18. They supposedly X-rayed the grenades and determined the grenades were inert.
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 09:42 AM
7 min ago

I have to invoke Marge Gunderson here:

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Demovictory9

(36,798 posts)
4. Why would the other two stand and watch?? Not one of three said "no! no! no!"
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:28 PM
20 hrs ago

I'm sure LA Sheriff's department will be investigating. Other departments will use this as a lesson... don't cut up grenades.

sop

(15,240 posts)
12. I can just see them at a workbench, watching while one of them cuts into a live grenade with a Dremel tool.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:54 PM
19 hrs ago

I mean, Jesus...what were they expecting to find inside a grenade? They should have called in the guys from Mythbusters.

Response to Demovictory9 (Reply #7)

Ping Tung

(3,069 posts)
10. It looks like they were more expert at opening beer cans while playing with explosives.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:51 PM
19 hrs ago

The "expert" that trained us how to use grenades said "Throw the fucking thing and duck". I don't recall his instructing us how to cut then in half.

Aristus

(70,423 posts)
11. Just the same as with every NRA gun nut who fancies himself a firearms expert.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:53 PM
19 hrs ago

And then "accidentally" shoots a friend, family member, or loved one.

Or, less harmfully, shoots himself in the foot.

Like that poor, pathetic "Ow! I fucking shot myself!" guy.

Martin68

(26,182 posts)
15. Fucking geniuses. Hey, let's cut one in half and see what's in there. Is that in the manual?
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:51 PM
18 hrs ago
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