MosJan Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Double Homicide Saddens Hollywood Los Angeles: Los Angeles detectives are asking for the public's help in locating suspect(s) or providing any information related to a double homicide in the Hollywood area. On December 11, 2008, Officers responded to 1200 block of Tamarind Ave at approximately 3:15 pm to a double homicide. The victims have been identified as 8-year-old Lusine Safaryan and her father, Khachik Safaryan, age 43-years-old. A 15-year-old family member discovered the bodies and contacted 911. The victims were located inside the family residence. Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced both victims dead at scene as a result of single gunshot wounds. The incident is believed to have occurred on December 11, 2008, between the hours of 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM. No suspect information is available at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call Hollywood Homicide Detectives at 213-972-1203 during normal business hours. After hours and on weekends, calls may be directed to a 24-hour, toll-free number at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (527-3247). Callers may also text "crimes" with a cell phone or log onto www.lapdonline.org and click on Web Tips. When using a cell phone, messages should always begin with "LAPD." All calls and contacts are anonymous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted December 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Man, daughter shot to death in Hollywood home are identified The bodies of Khachik Safaryan, 43, and his daughter Lusine, 8, were found by an older daughter returning home from school. Police say they have not motive or suspects in what is being investigated as By Ruben Vives and Nathan Olivarez-Giles December 13, 2008 Police continued their investigation Friday into the fatal shooting of a man and his 8-year-old daughter in their Hollywood home. The Los Angeles County coroner's office identified the victims as Khachik Safaryan, 43, and his daughter Lusine. Safaryan's 15-year-old daughter found the bodies when she came home from school, said Officer Ana Aguirre of the Los Angeles Police Department. There was no evidence of forced entry into the apartment in the 1200 block of Tamarind Avenue, south of Sunset Boulevard in the Little Armenia neighborhood, police said. Investigators believe the father and daughter were killed between 7:30 and 8 a.m. Thursday. The case is being investigated as a double homicide, and police did not know who committed the crime or any motive for it, Aguirre said. The family vehicle was found a few blocks from the home and there was no indication of forced entry into the car, Aguirre said. Police did not know who moved the car. The neighborhood, near the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, is a combination of two-story apartment buildings and gated, single-family homes. On Friday, residents gathered outside the apartment building where Safaryan and his daughter were killed. "This is the first time something like this happened to the neighborhood," said Oganis Orvakyan, 55. He said he did not know Safaryan well but saw the man often and would say hello to him. "Why did they have to kill the child?" Orvakyan asked. Vives and Olivarez-Giles are Times staff writers. ruben.vives@latimes.com nathan.olivarezgiles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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