{"id":482294,"date":"2026-10-02T02:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482294\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T02:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:56:07","slug":"man-arrested-in-south-la-fireworks-explosion-that-killed-teen-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482294\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in South LA fireworks explosion that killed teen \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 27-year-old man suspected of possessing a destructive device linked to a pyrotechnic explosion<\/a> in South Los Angeles<\/a> that killed a 17-year-old in December has been taken into custody, police announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

Major Crimes Division investigators and other law enforcement personnel served search warrants Wednesday at a storage facility in Rancho Cucamonga and a residence in the 900 block of North Duesenberg Drive, locating Giovanni Diaz, who was taken into custody, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p>\n

Diaz was booked on suspicion of possession of a destructive device and had bail set at $500,000. He is also suspected of child endangerment and narcotics offenses, police said.<\/p>\n

During the investigation, investigators recovered multiple explosive devices and components, cash, narcotics, drug paraphernalia, along with other evidence associated with the search, police said.<\/p>\n

Officers assigned to the 77th Division initially responded around 9:25 p.m. Dec. 3\u00a0\u00a0to the 400 block of West 84th Street to reports of a victim on fire, according to the LAPD.<\/p>\n

Investigators determined a person was manipulating pyrotechnic materials when they exploded, resulting in the 17-year-old sustaining serious injuries.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where he later died as a result of their injuries, police said.<\/p>\n

The area was later secured by Bomb Squad and Hazardous Material Unit personnel, along with Major Crimes Division investigators, to conduct a post- blast investigation, during which a large quantity of illegal pyrotechnic devices was seized and taken to a safe storage location.<\/p>\n

Anyone with additional information regarding the explosion was urged to contact Major Crimes Division Detective Allen at 213-486-7260. Calls during non-business hours should be directed to 877-527-3247. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old man suspected of possessing a destructive device linked to a pyrotechnic explosion in South Los Angeles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3552,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-482294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}