US EditionCaltech Astrophysicist Carl Grillmair Fatally Shot Dead in Rural Home
Freddy Snyder, 29, was charged with murder and carjacking after the fatal shooting of Caltech astrophysicist Carl Grillmair, whose research advanced galactic astronomy over four decades.
- On Monday morning, Carl Grillmair, 67, Caltech research scientist, was fatally shot on a Llano porch after deputies responded to a 6:10 a.m. 911 call and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene, with his death ruled a homicide.
- Responding deputies traced the incident to a carjacking in the same area and took Freddy Snyder, 29, into custody; it is unclear what relation, if any, he had with Grillmair, while court records link him to a Dec. 28 burglary.
- His colleagues credited Grillmair's work on stellar streams and exoplanet signatures with reshaping galactic understanding, while Caltech scientist Sergio Fajardo-Acosta said, `We are shocked`.
- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged Freddy Snyder with murder, carjacking and burglary, and he is being held on $2 million bail.
- Local authorities urged anyone with details to contact the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 after the shooting on the 30700 block of 165th Street East in Llano, about 20 miles east of Palmdale.
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California Scientist Carl Grillmair Shot Dead in Llano Home, Suspect Arrested
LLANO, CALIFORNIA — A longtime California Institute of Technology research scientist known for his work studying distant planets and the Milky Way was shot and killed at his home in the rural Antelope Valley community outside Los Angeles, authorities said. Carl Grillmair, 67, died Monday from a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner. Deputies responded shortly after 6 a.m. to a report of an assault with …
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (California, USA) is investigating the shooting death of Carl Grillmair, a prominent astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), known for his more than four decades of contributions to galactic astronomy research and exoplanets study.As reported in the Los Angeles Times newspaper, the officers responded to a 911 call for a case of deadly assault in Llano town at 6:10 a.m., and …
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