A quiet Sunday evening in Canoga Park turned into an unbearable tragedy after police say a father fatally shot his 10-year-old twin sons before taking his own life. The boys, identified as Joseph and Greysen Chavez, were found dead inside an apartment on Owensmouth Avenue, along with a 37-year-old man believed to be their father. What began as a call about gunfire ended with a family shattered, a neighborhood in shock, and detectives searching for answers that may never feel complete.
Los Angeles police responded around 7:15 p.m. Sunday to the apartment in the 8000 block of Owensmouth Avenue. Officers found the two children and the adult man dead inside a bedroom from apparent gunshot wounds. Authorities recovered a handgun at the scene and said forensic testing, DNA analysis, and other evidence reviews are now part of the investigation.
Two Young Boys at the Center of a Devastating Case
Joseph and Greysen Chavez were only 10 years old. That detail is what makes this case so difficult to read, write, or explain. They were not just names in a police report. They were children with classmates, relatives, routines, personalities, and futures that should have stretched far beyond one terrible night in a Los Angeles apartment.
Police have not released the father’s name because his next of kin had not yet been notified. Investigators believe he killed the twins and then died by suicide. LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division is leading the case, which shows how seriously authorities are treating the deaths and how much work remains before the full timeline is understood.
The Search for a Motive Continues
One of the hardest parts of this tragedy is the absence of a clear motive. Police have not said what may have led to the shooting, and that silence leaves relatives, neighbors, and the public sitting with the same painful question. Why would a father take the lives of his own children?…