A couple and their two young children, who were found dead with gunshot wounds at their home last week, died in an apparent murder-suicide.
“It is considered a murder-suicide,” Los Angeles Police Department officer Rosario Cervantes tells PEOPLE.
Cervantes said officers responded to the shooting on May 27 at 7:50 p.m. at a home on Londelius Street in North Hills. There, officers found the bodies of two adults and two minors.
The bodies were identified as Marine Basmajian, 30, her 31-year-old husband Khajag Basmajian and two children, Alec Basmajian, 2, and six-day-old Ella Basmajian, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed to PEOPLE.
According to the Medical Examiner, Marine died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Khajag died from a gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a homicide.
Both children also died from gunshot wounds to the head, per the medical examiner.
According to a GoFundMe page set up to help with funeral expenses, Khajag was “a devoted husband, loving father, cherished son, brother, and friend.”
“To know him is to love him,” the page read. “With a beaming smile on his face and a positive outlook on life, he was truly a friend you could count on.”
According to ABC7, Khajag was employed as a software engineer.
Alec “brought joy and laughter wherever he went,” according to the page.
“With his bright smile and cheerful eyes taking after his father, he loved his toy vehicles and getting a taste for life one bite at a time (ice cream was his favorite). Alec couldn’t wait to meet his baby sister Ella who only lived to see the world Earth side for 6 days.”
“In a single moment, we lost an entire young family who were deeply loved by everyone who knew them,” according to the page.
Along with police and firefighters, members of the mayor’s all-volunteer Crisis Response Team were at the scene, reported ABC 7. The group provides emotional support, resources and trauma-informed care during traumatic incidents.
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