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Arraignment delayed for suspects in slaying of Woodland Hills doctor Hamid Mirshojae

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Published  January 6, 2025 6:13am PST
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 11

Arraignments delayed for doctor murder suspects

The arraignment has been delayed for suspects in the alleged murder of Woodland Hills doctor Hamid Mirshojae.

The Brief

    • Prominent Woodland Hills doctor Hamid Mjrshojae was killed Aug. 23 in what authorities described as a murder-for-hire plot by his ex-wife, Ahang Mirshojae.
    • Ahang Mirshojae is charged along with Evan Hardman, 41, of Tomball, Texas; and Sarallah Jawed, 26, of Canoga Park.
    • It was unclear if the District Attorney's Office plans to seek the death penalty against any of the three defendants charged with murder.

LOS ANGELES - Arraignment was delayed Monday for three people charged in connection with the shooting death of a doctor outside his medical clinic in Woodland Hills in what authorities have described as a murder-for- hire.

The victim's ex-wife, Ahang Mirshojae, 53, of Calabasas, is charged along with Evan Hardman, 41, of Tomball, Texas; and Sarallah Jawed, 26, of Canoga Park, in the Aug. 23 slaying of her 61-year-old former husband Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, 61.

Ahang Mirshojae appeared in a downtown courtroom Monday morning for a scheduled arraignment, but neither Hardman nor Jawed were brought into court.

Ashley Rose Sweeting & Evan Hardman 

Superior Court Judge Susan De Witt rescheduled arraignment for all three defendants for Wednesday morning. They were all ordered to remain jailed without bond.

Authorities said Dr. Mirshojae was ambushed as he walked to his SUV parked outside his clinic located in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

Ahang Mirshojae

Ahang Mirshojae was arrested Dec. 12, with Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman subsequently alleging that the woman hired a hit man to kill the victim for unspecified financial gain.

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The murder charge against her includes the special circumstance allegations of lying in wait and murder for financial gain in connection with the slaying of her ex-husband, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. She is also facing a felony count of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an alleged baseball bat attack May 3 on her former husband.

The murder charge against Hardman includes the special circumstance allegations of murder for financial gain and murder by means of lying in wait, along with allegations that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm and that he has a string of robbery convictions in Los Angeles County dating back to 2002, according to the complaint.

The murder charge against Jawed includes the special circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain.

Hardman and Jawed are also charged along with the doctor's ex-wife in the May 3 baseball bat attack.

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Jawed, who was arrested Dec. 11 by the Los Angeles Police Department's fugitive unit, allegedly drove Hardman out of state a few days after the killing, according to the District Attorney's Office.

The three remain jailed without bail.

LA Dr. Hamid Mirshojae was targeted more than once

Los Angeles doctor Hamid Mirshojae was once targeted in a different attack before being shot at a clinic, authorities say. His ex-wife has since been named one of the suspect in the Woodland Hills-based doctor's death.

A fourth defendant, Ashley Rose Sweeting, 40, of Reseda, pleaded not guilty Dec. 12 to one count of being an accessory after the fact, along with an allegation that she has one or more prior serious or violent felony convictions.

Sweeting -- who is accused of driving Hardman to and from the scene of the shooting -- remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.

She is due back in a Los Angeles courtroom Feb. 5.

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Mirshojae's ex-wife was taken into custody following a police raid on a sprawling mansion she's believed to own in the 5500 block of Newcastle Lane in Calabasas.

It was unclear if the District Attorney's Office plans to seek the death penalty against any of the three defendants charged with murder.

The Source: This story was reported with information from the Los Angeles Police Department. City News Service contributed.

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