Two people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Woodland Hills doctor outside his own practice in August.
The shooting occurred on Aug. 23 outside Dr. Hamid Mirshojae’s practice in Woodland Hills, located in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Mirshojae, 61, was leaving his office when police say he was approached by a gunman and shot multiple times just outside his car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
At that time they determined that he had the victim of a targeted hit after surveillance footage showed the gunman walking around the hospital parking lot for about an hour before shooting Mirshojae.
Months of investigation led police to locate the two alleged suspects, one of whom was in Texas.
Evan Hardman, 41, of Tomball, Texas, and 40-year-old Reseda woman Ashley Rose Sweeting were arrested Tuesday. Hardman was arrested in the Houston area, while Sweeting was arrested in the San Fernando Valley, police said.
“The Los Angeles Police Department worked closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation field offices in Los Angeles and Houston to locate and arrest both suspects,” the LAPD statement said. Additionally, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Harris County Sheriff’s Department in Texas and the Houston Police Department assisted.
Both Hardman and Sweeting were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder. Investigators will present their case to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for consideration.
Investigators have still not provided a motive for the shooting.
Friends of Mirshojae say he was recently married and had a daughter.
