Azat Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sh...es%2Dcalifornia Man Kills 2, Then Commits Suicide By Hector Becerra, Times Staff Writer A man shot and killed his mother and sister after an argument Tuesday in their upscale Glendale home and then took his own life, police said. Sources close to the investigation said the killer had some connection to Zankou Chicken, an Armenian restaurant chain in the Los Angeles area. But authorities said little else about the discovery on the 3000 block of Ayars Canyon Way. The identities of the victims were not disclosed Tuesday night. Police said the shooter, a man in his 40s who did not live at the house, showed up Tuesday afternoon. "It appears there was some type of argument, some type of discussion prior to the shooting," said Glendale Police Sgt. Kirk Palmer. Neighbors said police got to the house about 2:20 p.m., summoned by a 911 call. A grief-stricken young man and a housekeeper met them on the front lawn. Inside, they found three bodies, described by authorities as the man, a woman in her 40s and a woman in her 60s. About 6:30 p.m., the younger woman's husband arrived home and learned what had happened. He began screaming and crying as police tried to calm him. They helped him into a police car and drove him away. Neighbors described the family as friendly, devoutly religious and the last people they would expect to see visited by violence. "To live in this type of neighborhood, that's not what mattered to them," said Andre Haroutonian, 26, a relative. "It was the humbleness of their hearts. They were true Christians. This is a real tragedy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Mardiros Iskandaryan Spanel e ir Qroj@ yev Mor@ ohhhhhhhhhhhh astavst immmmmmmmmmmmmm es incha linum chem haskanum martirosi n@man mek@? spani ir qroj@ ??? ir mor@ ??? nuyn iyn Martiros@ ov verhcin 15 tarinerum hovanavorel e grete bolor Haykakan hamerg / tatron ? havatals chi galsi Hamenytn deps chgitem ir quyr@ irents xanutnerits meki bajnetererits mekn er, yev martiros@ yev muys yerbaiyr@ misht lav en yerel n@ra n@katmamb iskandaryan @entaniqi dzaxordutyuner@ kartses sharunakvum en yev der verch chunen / apsos 1000 apsos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Azat:[QBNeighbors described the family as friendly, devoutly religious and the last people they would expect to see visited by violence. "To live in this type of neighborhood, that's not what mattered to them," said Andre Haroutonian, 26, a relative. "It was the humbleness of their hearts. They were true Christians. This is a real tragedy."[/QB]Not to make lite of this sensless and unfourtunate tragedy - but these lines just struck me - considering soem recent exchanges we have been having on another thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Anyone know what's up with these rumors going around of the multiple murders in Glendale? Last I heard was that the owner of Zankou chicken killed some people (wife ?) and then himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Say it ain't so. I used to eat there all of the time. In fact I used to live 2 blocks from there...(but it is perhaps Panos pastry or Ara's I miss the most...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Azat:Movses, Don't get me wrong, but one has to be a psychopath to kill(let alone to kill a sister and a mother) What kind of a human being was he that he was able to do that. I do not feel bad for him but do feel bad for his sister and mother.Azat jan / Arachin@ menq chgitenq te inch e patahel minj spanutyun@! - inchi ardyunq e sa - yerkrord, me mardu inchvor mi dzev pete hastsnel iys astijani vor spani sepakan mor@ yev kam qroj@. yek spasenq yev tesnenq te inchu durs k@ga verchum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Azat jan bavakanin mets hashiva yerrel kartses - Martirosi yerikamnerits mek@ herratsrel en mi qani shabat arach - iysor el n@ra urreri gortsorutyunpetq e aneyin. der manramasner@ chgitem sakayn ameni nch galis e n@ran vor martirosin - ir iys viojakum ( anarrorj ) hastsrel e ir miyr@ yev quyr@ - ov ogtvelov aritits - portsel en zangun ir dzerkits vertsnel - qani vor Martiros@ anbujeli hivand er. chkayin shat huyser n@ran apaqinelu. hima iysqan@ gitem - gutse yev sxal e im statsats terrekutyun@ sakayn, yete Martiros@ hivand e yerel iren iys astijani cheyin hastsnelu - tekuz yev anbujeli kam anhuys hivandi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 Movses, Don't get me wrong, but one has to be a psychopath to kill(let alone to kill a sister and a mother) What kind of a human being was he that he was able to do that. I do not feel bad for him but do feel bad for his sister and mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
564312 Posted January 16, 2003 Report Share Posted January 16, 2003 MosJan.. shat tkhur norutyun e. LAic chem bayc sa arajin angam chi vor lcum em hay @natnik@ irar mortum en...u inchi hamar..naev lcel em vor 15hazaric avel hay kanayk ev tgamartik kan LAi banterum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 I just found out about this from my friend...takes a while to get the news up here! It's so sad...don't know the circumstances involved...one thing's for sure, the guy probably just snapped!!! all it takes is one moment of rage...someone mentioned they were Christian...that is not really relevant here...ANYONE has the POTENTIAL to snap! I can only imagine how much pressure this guy must have endured! I feel sorry for the rest who are left behind to bury the dead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Restaurant Family's TragedyCancer and stress may be why the operator of Zankou Chicken killed his sister and mother.By Andrew Blankstein and Michael KrikorianTimes Staff Writers January 16 2003 Family tensions and serious illness may have led the 56-year-old operator of the Zankou Chicken chain to fatally shoot his mother and sister in an upscale Glendale home before turning the gun on himself, police, family and friends said Wednesday. Glendale police said Mardiros Iskenderian drove to his sister's home in the hills above the Oakmont Country Club on Tuesday afternoon, where the two got into a loud argument before he pulled out a handgun and shot her. As Dzovig Marjik, 45, lay dying, their mother, Margueritte Iskenderian, 75, bolted for the door before she was hit by gunfire and collapsed in the entryway, said Glendale police spokesman Sgt. Kirk Palmer. All three died at the scene. The Iskenderian family, which now owns five restaurants, opened a hole-in-the-wall shop in Beirut in the 1960s, a place so small that Margueritte cleaned chickens in the alley, said Krikor Shenian, publisher of the weekly Armenian-English newspaper Nor Gyank, who met the family in 1985. The Iskenderian family fled war-torn Lebanon and arrived in Los Angeles around 1980. With her husband, Vartkes, Margueritte Iskenderian founded the popular Zankou Chicken restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood in 1982. With the help of their son and two daughters, the couple opened four more stores. For a few years, Mardiros had dreams of expanding the business. "He wanted to open a branch in Paris and ... one in Detroit," Shenian said. Although the probe is continuing, Palmer said investigators were looking at a combination of factors, including illness and family infighting, that might have motivated Mardiros to take his relatives' lives as well as his own. Relatives and police said Mardiros had been diagnosed with cancer of the colon and brain and was scheduled to have a medical procedure Wednesday. Whatever his motive, his anger boiled over at the home in the 3400 block of Ayars Canyon Drive, a hillside cul-de-sac cut into the Verdugo Mountains with commanding views that stretch from downtown to the San Gabriel Mountains. Police said they received a shots-fired call at 2:23 p.m. Tuesday from Marjik's son. The son and a housekeeper heard but did not see the shooting, police said. On Wednesday, workers at some of the family's restaurants recalled their employers with fondness. Cashier Miriam Melkonyan in Van Nuys said of Mardiros Iskenderian: "He's the best boss I see in my life." Describing him as a "kind person," Melkonyan said Iskenderian, his mother, sister and son often came by the restaurant. "They're a very good family. I like them," she said. "You work for someone 10 years -- he's like one of my family." Sharky Klian, who has known Mardiros Iskenderian since he arrived from Beirut, described him as a "strong family man very involved in the Armenian community." "Any time an Armenian organization needed a donation, he would be there for them," said Klian, owner of Sharky's Bail Bonds downtown. "He was a very nice guy. Always helping people. I was just shocked he did something like this." Tigran Iskenderian, one of Mardiros' four sons, recently began taking over some of the day-to-day operations of the restaurant chain, employees said. The chain is known for its hefty portions of chicken, hummus, falafel and pita bread. The Zagat restaurant guide rated Zankou's food as excellent, and referred to the rotisserie chicken with the chain's signature garlic spread as perhaps "the single best take-out dish in town." The popularity of the original restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, where the line often snakes out the door until its midnight closing, has even drawn the attention of rock stars. Singer-songwriter Beck refers to Zankou in the song "Debra." A relative who asked not to be identified said family and friends were shocked by the tragedy. "Margueritte was the nicest lady I ever knew, and she was the hardest-working lady. She would put in 12-, 14-hour days [at the restaurant]. She wanted her kids to be good, too, but [Mardiros] ... didn't work like his mother," he said. "Always, always we say if I would have known, maybe I could have done something," he said. "But he shouldn't have done it. "In my opinion it was the most stupid act." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted January 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 "most stupid act"? Very very sad... but how can one expect rational behavior from someone who is put in such a position. I feel so unbelievably "happy" to have my full health at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khodja Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Trigger for all this was that Mardiros developed a terminal colon cancer that spread to his brain. We should strive toward a vegetarian diet (many Armenian traditional foods ARE vegetarian or vegan). Also, all should get regular colon checkups. This is often very embarrassing for men so they will forgo it with disastrous results as in the case of Mardiros. People with terminal cancer go through major personality changes. I have seen this with my elderly relatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 MArtirosi n@man mardiq milyonits mekn e tsnvum - n@ra mardkayn verabermunq@ yev barerautyun@ chen morana mezanits shater@ - yes nerka em gtnvel mi qani arithneri ur na chi xnayel voch mi janq yev hnaravorutyun ognelu mardkants - sakayn iys verchin depqer@ anbatsatreli en... tsavali e - bolori hamar - te ir mor yev te ir qroj - ehhhhhhhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 24, 2003 Report Share Posted January 24, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Sip:[QB]Very very sad... but how can one expect rational behavior from someone who is put in such a position. [QB]If all the people who are put in such position(cancer and all) act like he did this would be a horrible world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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