Glendale News Press
23 February 2005
Father, teen son’s pleas postponed
Torgom and Gayk Gzoyan of Glendale are accused of having attempted to kill a
man on Saturday.
By Jackson Bell, News-Press and Leader
GLENDALE — A Glendale teenager, who faces attempted-murder charges for
allegedly shooting a North Hollywood man in the face and neck Saturday, will
be tried as an adult, authorities said.
The arraignment for Glendale 17-year-old Gayk Gzoyan and his father, Torgom
Gzoyan, 55, was postponed Wednesday. The father and son are accused of
trying to kill 27-year-old Aram Aslanian Saturday afternoon near the corner
of Glendale Avenue and Maple Street. They are scheduled to reappear March 4
in Burbank Superior Court, authorities said.
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Aslanian was still alive in a local hospital Wednesday but “gravely”
wounded, said Glendale Police Sgt. Ian Grimes, who oversees the department’s
robbery/homicide division.
If Aslanian dies, the father and son will face murder charges, he said.
Police pushed to have Gayk Gzoyan charged as an adult for several reasons,
Grimes said.
“This is a serious crimes, and there were a combination of factors, like the
circumstances of the crime and his maturity,” Grimes said. “He’s going to be
18 in May.”
The Gzoyans were driving their car when they spotted Aslanian outside
Express Auto Repair about 4 p.m. Saturday on Maple Street, Sgt. Tom Lorenz
said.
Torgom Gzoyan got out of the car, confronted him, and a “heated” argument
ensued, Lorenz said. The tension culminated when Gayk Gzoyan exited the car
and shot Aslanian twice, Lorenz said.
There was an ongoing dispute between Aslanian and the Gzoyan family, he
added.
Police responded to the scene, and witnesses said they saw a man with a gun
in his hand escaping on foot.
Detectives tracked them to a Pomona truck stop off the Corona (71) Freeway
early Sunday morning. Police spoke with the father and son and convinced
them to return to Glendale, Lorenz said.
“The dad is a truck driver, and that is the depot for the truck that he
drives,” Grimes said. “I believe he went out there to establish an alibi.”
Detectives presented the case to the district attorney’s office Wednesday
morning, and charges were filed, police said.
Gayk Gzoyan remains in custody on $2 million bail, and his father is being
held on $1 million bail, Grimes said.