Police are investigating the shooting as a murder-suicide inside a San Fernando Valley home.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Authorities identified three of four people found shot to death inside a North Hills home, including a 6-day-old girl, a 2-year-old boy and their 31-year-old father, as police investigated the case as a murder-suicide.
The Los Angeles County medical examiner named the dead as Ella Basmajian, Alec Basmajian and Khajag Basmajian. A fourth person, a woman in her 30s, had not been publicly identified pending notification of her family. Los Angeles police said officers found all four dead after reports of gunfire Wednesday night in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood.
Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Division were called around 8 p.m. Wednesday to a home in the 16200 block of Londelius Avenue, near Swinton Avenue. Police said they found two adults and two children dead from gunshot wounds inside the residence. Early information released by police gave broader age ranges for the victims, but the medical examiner later confirmed the names and ages of three of them. North Hills neighbor Undreal Turner said the deaths were “shocking” for the neighborhood and called the loss of four lives devastating.
Investigators said they were not looking for any suspects. Law enforcement officials said preliminary evidence indicated the woman killed the man and two children before killing herself. Authorities had not publicly released a motive as of Sunday, and officials had not announced whether a note, prior emergency calls or earlier reports of domestic violence had been found. The case was assigned to the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division because of the number of victims and the ages of the children. The medical examiner listed the place of death as a residence and the date of death as May 27.
The shooting drew a large emergency response to the residential street. News footage showed police tape and first responders outside the home as neighbors watched from nearby sidewalks. Police initially described the case as an apparent murder-suicide, then said it was being investigated as a confirmed murder-suicide. Officials said the identities and family relationships were still being reviewed as detectives worked through the scene, evidence and notifications to relatives. BlackLine, a software company where Khajag Basmajian worked, said in a statement that it was deeply saddened by the loss and would not comment further out of respect for the family and investigation.
The deaths added to a painful series of domestic violence and family shooting investigations across Southern California this year. In North Hills, residents said the quiet block was shaken by the deaths of two very young children. The victims’ ages became a central fact in the case after the medical examiner identified Ella Basmajian as 6 days old and Alec Basmajian as 2 years old. Police had not announced any public threat connected to the shooting, and officials said no outside suspect was being sought.
The investigation remained active through the weekend. Detectives were expected to review the firearm evidence, witness statements, emergency call records and medical examiner findings before closing the case. Autopsy findings and final cause and manner of death determinations had not been fully released for all four people. The woman’s name was expected to be released after her relatives were notified, a standard step in death investigations handled by the medical examiner.
Neighbors gathered near the scene after the shooting and described the deaths as difficult to understand. Turner said the scale of the tragedy was hard to absorb because it happened inside a family home in an otherwise familiar neighborhood. Members of the mayor’s Crisis Response Team also responded to the area, officials said. The volunteer team supports survivors, neighbors and others affected by traumatic events while police and medical examiner investigators handle the official casework.
As of Sunday, May 31, police had released no additional suspect information and had not announced a motive. The next public update is expected to come through the medical examiner’s release of the fourth name or LAPD statements on the completed investigation.
Author note: Last updated May 31, 2026.