Los Angeles police and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner have released the identities of four people found dead inside a North Hills home after a shooting reported May 27. The victims are Marine Basmajian, her husband Khajag Basmajian, and their two youn
The night a gunshot report was answered in North Hills, an entire family was left behind in a home that would not be the same again.
Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a shooting on May 27 at 7:50 p.m. in the 16000 block of Londelius Street. Inside were four people dead: two parents and two children. Homicide detectives are investigating the incident.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified the mother as Marine Basmajian, 30, who died by suicide from a gunshot wound to her head. The medical examiner’s office also listed gunshot wounds to the head as the cause of death for the other three people.
Police said Marine Basmajian allegedly killed her husband, Khajag Basmajian, 31, and her children, Alec Basmajian, 2, and Ella Basmajian, whose age was listed as 6 days.
Investigators are not searching for a suspect. Early evidence points to a multiple murder-suicide, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the incident but not authorized to speak publicly.
In the days after the deaths. the grief has continued to spill outward through an online fundraiser created to cover the family’s expenses. The GoFundMe page described Marine as “a caring mother and wife who found comfort in organization and enjoyed gatherings among her loved ones.” It said. “In a single moment. we lost an entire young family who were deeply loved by everyone who knew them.”.
The fundraiser had raised more than $175,000 in donations as of Tuesday, with more than 900 people contributing.
The page also described Khajag Basmajian as “a devoted husband, loving father, cherished son, brother, and friend,” adding, “To know him is to love him. With a beaming smile on his face and a positive outlook on life, he was truly a friend you could count on.”
Alec was remembered for the simple pleasures of childhood—“loved his toy vehicles and getting a taste for life one bite at a time (ice cream was his favorite),” according to the page.
For neighbors, the shock has been sharpened by the small details that make the loss feel impossible to absorb. Neighbor Karen Banuelos told the Times that the children’s grandfather spoke to another neighbor and explained what happened.
“It’s so depressing, it’s so devastating for everyone. Postpartum [depression] is real,” Banuelos said, after noting the mother had recently delivered a baby. “To get possessed to do that? It’s just, there’s no words.”
The chain of facts laid out by investigators—Marine Basmajian’s death ruled suicide by a head gunshot wound. her husband and children also dying from gunshot wounds to the head. and police stating they are not searching for a suspect—has left the case framed as a tragedy with no outside perpetrator sought.
For now, homicide detectives continue their investigation, as the identities released by authorities turn a single night of violence into a public reckoning for a family and a neighborhood still trying to understand how it happened.
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