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A six-day-old baby girl and 2-year-old boy weretragically gunned down alongside a man and womanin a horrific murder-suicide at a North Hills home, authorities said.
The newborn and toddler were identified as Ella and Alec Basmajian, while the adult male victim was identified as Khajag Basmajian, 31, according to theLos Angeles County Medical Examiner. The fourth victim, a woman in her 30s, had not yet been identified pending family notification.
The motive and identity ofwho pulled the triggerremain unclear.
The bloodshed unfolded just before 8 p.m. Wednesday inside a residence on the 16000 block of Londelius Street, the LAPD said.
Emergency crews responded around 7:50 p.m. after callers reported multiple people shot inside the home. When officers and paramedics arrived, they found all four victims dead at the scene.
At the outset of the investigation, authorities identified the victims only as an adult man and woman thought to be in their mid-to-late 30s, along with two young children.
Officials initially estimated one child to be between 5 and 7 years old and the other to be a 4-month-old infant, but the medical examiner later revised their ages.
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Neighbors said the family who lived at the home largely kept to themselves, leaving many on the quiet residential block stunned by the violence.
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