(L.A.) Aspen Powell, 5, Died From a Gunshot
Case Number: 2023-18475
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 5-year-old female that occurred in an ambulance [sic].
The coroner’s office has identified the child as Aspen Powell and listed her race/ethnicity as Black + Hispanic.
Manner of Death: Homicide
Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Head
RIP ASPEN POWELL (July 31, 2018 – December 28, 2023)
Long Beach Police Department said their officers had been sent to an address on the 3400 block of Adriatic Avenue at around 2:40 p.m. for a domestic dispute. They found smoke coming out of the building and evacuated the neighborhood.
After a nearly 10-hour standoff with police, the girl’s father fatally shot her before killing himself.
The father was 39-year-old Chase Phillip Powell.
The child’s mother was already in mourning following the recent passing of her own father.