"An accomplished Caltech astrophysicist with more than four decades of research contributions in galactic astronomy and the study of distant planets was fatally shot in a rural area of Antelope Valley on Monday morning. A suspect in the shooting has been charged with murder. Deputies responded to a 911 call for assault with a deadly weapon in the unincorporated community of Llano at 6:10 a.m. and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound on the front porch of a home,"
"That suspect was later identified as Freddy Snyder, 29. He was charged Wednesday with the murder of Grillmair and carjacking. He was also charged with first degree burglary related to a Dec. 28 incident, according to court records. He is currently being held in lieu of $2 million. It is unclear what relation, if any, Snyder had with Grillmair. A spokesperson for Caltech confirmed that Grillmair was employed as a research scientist at the university."
Carl Grillmair, 67, an accomplished Caltech research scientist, was found with a gunshot wound on the front porch of a Llano home and pronounced dead at the scene. The L.A. County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the torso. Deputies arrested a suspect in a nearby carjacking and later identified him as Freddy Snyder, 29; Snyder faces charges including murder, carjacking and a first-degree burglary linked to a Dec. 28 incident and is held on $2 million bail. Grillmair worked at Caltech’s IPAC, partnering with NASA and the NSF, and studied the Milky Way’s structure, faint stellar streams, and galaxy evolution, serving as principal investigator on Hubble and Spitzer programs.
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