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Newborn girl killed in horror North Hills murder-suicide as identities of 4 victims revealed

Nypost · · 503 words · By Zain Khan; David Thompson
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Newborn girl killed in horror North Hills murder-suicide as identities of 4 victims revealed See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Newborn girl killed in horror North Hills murder-suicide as identities of 4 victims revealed See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The California Post on GoogleA six-day-old baby girl and 2-year-old boy were tragically gunned down alongside a man and woman in a horrific murder-suicide at a North Hills home, authorities said.

Common ground

The newborn and toddler were identified as Ella and Alec Basmajian, while the adult male victim was identified as Khajag Basmajian, 31, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/us-news/north-hills-murder-suicide-victims-identif…

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Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Early stages of the LAPD investigation suggests it was the mother who shot and killed the man and two children before turning the gun on herself”
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Multiple sources, including LAPD statements reported via Instagram and other news outlets, indicate the mother is believed to have killed the others before herself.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Police said a mother, father and their two young children were found dead inside a home Wednesday night. The mother is believed to be the ...
https://www.facebook.com/NBCLA/videos/the-lapd-is-investigat…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Two adults and two children were found dead in after murder-suicide in the San Fernando Valley, according to the LAPD and the medical ...
https://abc7.com/post/4-people-found-dead-gunshot-wounds-pos…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... LAPD told Eyewitness News that detectives believe a woman in her 30s shot and killed her two children and her husband before turning the gun ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY6b7dMlqnY/
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Claim 2: “Emergency crews responded around 7:50 p.m. after callers reported multiple people shot inside the home”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated news stories from Houston, San Jose, and Sacramento, and general Wikipedia definitions of 'emergency'. No evidence specifically confirms the 7:50 p.m. response time for the North Hills incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require u…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emergency! is an American action-adventure medical drama television series jointly produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. Debuting on NBC as a midseason replacement on January 15, 1972…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An emergency department (ED), also known as an emergency room (ER), accident and emergency (A&E), or casualty, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of pat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_department
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Claim 3: “A six-day-old baby girl and 2-year-old boy were tragically gunned down alongside a man and woman in a horrific murder-suicide at a North Hills home”
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Multiple independent sources (ABC7, YouTube news, and other web results) confirm that four people, including a 6-day-old baby and a 2-year-old boy, died in a murder-suicide in North Hills.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Two adults and two children were found dead in after murder-suicide in the San Fernando Valley, according to the LAPD and the medical ...
https://abc7.com/post/4-people-found-dead-gunshot-wounds-pos…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Two adults and two young children, including a 6-day-old baby, were found dead after a murder-suicide in North Hills, the LAPD and the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgkJc9kGDJM
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Officers discovered two adults and two young children with fatal gunshot wounds inside their North Hills home Wednesday after being called ...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-28/north-hi…
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Claim 4: “The bloodshed unfolded just before 8 p.m. Wednesday inside a residence on the 16000 block of Londelius Street, the LAPD said”
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Multiple sources confirm the incident occurred on Wednesday night on the 16000 block of Londelius Street.
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web search NEUTRAL — A bullet went into a victims house on the 1600 block of Pine Ave. There is a person of interest seen wearing a white tank top covered in blood running ...
https://www.facebook.com/ThePressEnterprise/posts/the-shooti…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · The shooting happened Wednesday night in a residential area on the 16000 block of Londelius Street.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/05/28/4-dead-after-shootin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 · In North Hills, Los Angeles, CA, a mother, Marine Basmajian, 29, allegedly killed her husband, Khajag Basmajian, 31, their 2-year-old son ...
https://www.facebook.com/oyerinmade/posts/in-north-hills-los…
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Claim 5: “the adult male victim was identified as Khajag Basmajian, 31, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner”
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Multiple web sources confirm the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified the male victim as 31-year-old Khajag Basmajian.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner is the medical examiner's office of the government of the County of Los Angeles, California. It is located at the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Lo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) provides firefighting and emergency medical services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, as well as 59 cities through contra…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Los Angeles General Medical Center (also known as LA General and formerly known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, County/USC, County General or by the abbreviation LAC+USC) is a 600-bed public…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_General_Medical_Ce…
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Claim 6: “The fourth victim, a woman in her 30s, had not yet been identified pending family notification”
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Two independent web sources state that the fourth victim was a woman in her 30s whose name was not released pending family notification.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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Claim 7: “The newborn and toddler were identified as Ella and Alec Basmajian”
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Web search results explicitly identify the children as Ella and Alec Basmajian.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Santiago Ramón y Cajal (Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo raˈmon i kaˈxal]; 1 May 1852 – 17 October 1934) was a Spanish neuroscientist, pathologist, and histologist specialising in neuroanatomy, and the central ner…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Ramón_y_Cajal
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Marine Basmajian, 30, shot and killed her husband and two children before turning the gun on herself, according to the Los Angeles Police ...
https://abc7.com/post/north-hills-murder-suicide-woman-ident…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The victims were identified as 31-year-old Khajag Basmajian, 2-year-old Alec Basmajian, 6-day-old Ella Basmajian and and a woman in her 30s ...
https://www.facebook.com/theusarmenians/videos/new-details-c…
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Claim 8: “When officers and paramedics arrived, they found all four victims dead at the scene”
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The provided evidence for this claim includes unrelated information about George Floyd and general EMS protocols. No specific evidence from the North Hills case is provided to confirm the arrival of officers and paramedics finding four dead.
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web search NEUTRAL — On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old White police officer, in Minneapolis, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 28, 2025 · When emergency medical services (EMS) first responders or law enforcement arrive at a potential crime scene, their primary objectives may ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499999/
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 24, 2022 · This is archived content from the U.S. Department of Justice website. The information here may be outdated and links may no longer function.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/three-former-minneap…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.