LAPD booked Adolfo Gramajo on a murder charge after his two young sons were shot dead in Pico-Union.

A booking on murder is the accusation. It is not a finding that Adolfo Gramajo killed his sons. The medical examiner's cause-of-death findings, as the New York Post reported them, speak to how Jimmy and Osmani died. They do not decide who pulled the trigger. Motive has not been publicly established. The hospital status and the bail figure are custody facts, not a verdict.

NBC Los Angeles reported Monday, Oct. 12, 2026, that relatives identified the boys shot Sunday in Pico-Union as 4-year-old Jimmy Gramajo and 11-year-old Osmani Gramajo, and that their father, identified by his parents as 35-year-old Adolfo Gramajo, allegedly shot them and then turned the gun on himself. FOX 11 reported the same day that the shooting happened just before 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, near Venice Boulevard and Catalina Street, that LAPD said Gramajo shot his two boys and then himself, and that he remained hospitalized in critical condition. FOX 11 reported the family identified Osmani as 10. NBC Los Angeles and the New York Post reported Osmani as 11. The age conflict is in the public reporting. It is not resolved here.

NBC Los Angeles, citing law-enforcement sources, reported the father was on a custody visit, had told the children's mother his parents would be present, left the parents' house with the boys, took them to McDonald's, and that the shooting followed. FOX 11 reported family members said the couple had had custody issues they believed were resolved. Aunt Maria Lopez told NBC Los Angeles the children were "so sweet, really good kids." Family friend Carlos Aguilar told NBC Los Angeles, "They never did anything wrong to anyone. They were always happy, never wanted to hurt anyone. They were innocent." Those are grief statements. They are not findings on the charge.

The New York Post reported Tuesday, Oct. 13, that LAPD told The California Post Gramajo has been booked on a murder charge and that bail was set at $4 million. The Post reported he remained hospitalized after the self-inflicted wound and that his condition was unclear in that account. FOX 11 on Monday had described him as critical. The Post also reported the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled Jimmy's cause of death a "close-range gunshot of the head" and Osmani's a "gunshot wound of the head." A booking and a bail figure are process. Medical-examiner cause-of-death language is about the injuries. Neither is a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.