Police say the Woodland Hills doctor fatally shot outside his own medical clinic was killed in a targeted attack on Friday.
According to Los Angeles Police Department detectives, Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, 61, was walking to his car after leaving the Woodland Hills Medical Clinic and Urgent Care on Topanga Canyon Boulevard around 6:15 a.m. when he was approached by an unknown suspect and shot.
After reviewing surveillance footage from that day, they say the suspect waited in the parking lot for nearly an hour before Mirshojae left the building.
As he approached his car, the suspect opened fire on Mirshojae and fled on foot, leaving the doctor dead in the parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
No motive for the shooting or description of the suspect has yet been released.
As the police investigation continues, former patients remember Mirshojae as a “fantastic doctor” and “community leader.”
“I’m devastated,” said one woman outside the clinic Monday. “I’ve lost a doctor, I’ve lost a friend.”
His former colleagues gathered at the clinic to lay flowers at the growing memorial near the parking lot where he was shot and to say their final goodbyes.
“He was probably the most humble doctor I’ve ever worked for,” said Yee Ling, who worked with Mirshoaje. “He was very laid back, knowledgeable, outgoing. He always had a smile.”
