On June 19, 2023, at about 10:00 p.m., a fatal shooting in the 12900 block of Victory Boulevard in Valley Glen left 38-year-old North Hollywood resident Mesrop Malkhasyan dead. The incident began as an altercation involving Malkhasyan and two other North Hollywood men, 44-year-old Arkadi Simonyan and 23-year-old Vahan Simonyan. Two of the men produced firearms and an exchange of gunfire followed; all three sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Malkhasyan and Arkadi Simonyan were pronounced dead at the scene; the Los Angeles County Coroner ruled Malkhasyan’s death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds. Vahan Simonyan survived and was taken to a hospital, where he was arrested and absentee booked on suspicion of murder while still hospitalized. Investigators say the shooting grew out of an earlier business dispute; officials have not released details about the dispute or the exact relationships among the men.

Does anyone have information that could help LAPD’s Operations Valley Bureau Homicide division?