The identities of 10-year-old twins killed in a suspected murder-su::icide by their father in California have been released.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listed the children’s names as Greysen Chavez and Joseph Chavez. No cause of death was listed for the boys.

The horror unfolded Sunday at a residence in the 8000 block of Owensmouth Avenue in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Canoga Park.

Investigators believe the case was a murder-su::icide. The father, whose identity has not yet been confirmed, is believed to have shot the kids before killing himself.

The front door of the apartment where a father shot his two 10-year-old sons in Canoga Park, California.

A man comforting a crying woman on the street at night, with a news chyron at the bottom about a murder-suicide.

Officers were called to the scene around 7:15 p.m. Sunday and found distraught relatives outside the property.
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Cops said they found the bodies inside one of the bedrooms in the building and that a handgun has been recovered.

LAPD Capt. Mike Bland told The Post: “On June 7, 2026, at approximately 7:15 pm, officers from LAPD’s Topanga Division responded to an apartment in the 8000 block of Owensmouth Avenue for a report of a shooting at the location.

“Upon their arrival, the officers discovered three deceased individuals inside a bedroom of the apartment, all from apparent gunshot wounds.

“Two of the deceased were identified as 10-year-old brothers, Joseph and Greysen Chavez. The third deceased individual was identified as a 37-years-old male, believed to be the father of the two deceased boys.

“His identify has been withheld pending notification to his next of kin. A handgun was recovered at the scene.

“Preliminary investigation indicates that this is a case of murder/su::icide. Robbery-Homicide Division, Homicide Special Section, is conducting the investigation into this incident.”

A group of people, including firefighters, gather around a vehicle with flashing red lights at a crime scene.

The horror unfolded Sunday at a residence in the 8016 block of Owensmouth Avenue in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Canoga Park.
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Harrowing pictures from last night showed a woman, who has not been identified, lying on the ground in a man’s arms covering her face as she cried following the family gathering.

“That’s just really sad. Two little kids and a dad. That’s a family. Nobody deserves that,” another woman at the scene told ABC7 Eyewitness News.

She added: “I felt like, even though we might not see their family, we thought that they needed some prayer and some thought, because, like, I don’t know, I know me personally, whether I know them or not, I would want to pray for someone’s healing and just overall as a person, because that’s really sad and I don’t wish that upon anybody.”

Two individuals resting inside an ambulance.

Reports indicated the violence may have occurred during a family gathering, although cops have not confirmed those details.

A teddy bear, flowers, and a newspaper placed at the base of a tree, serving as a memorial outside an apartment block.

Tributes outside the apartment where the shooting took place.
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Another local, named only as CC Pelkey, told KTLA: “My heart is breaking for this family because this is tragic. This should never happen to anybody.

“The kids never had a chance to have a life, and I don’t know why the father, if he did have issues, couldn’t have gotten help. Why? To take his children’s lives and his own life. It’s just, there are no words right now.”