California doctor, Hamid Mishojae, ex-wife Ahang Mirshojae Kelk, arrested in ambush-style murder
The ex-wife of a prominent Los Angeles doctor – gunned down in an ambush-style attack outside his clinic in August – was arrested and charged with his murder as police raided her home.
Ahang Mirshojae, née Kelk, was among five people arrested earlier this week for conspiracy to commit the murder of Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, the Los Angeles Police Department announced.
No motives were revealed in the suspected murder and police have not released details of the roles each allegedly played in Dr. Mirshojae’s death.
Dr. Mirshojae, 61, was fatally shot in the back of his head by a “masked man” in the parking lot of his family clinic on the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Blvd. in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Aug. 23, 2024.
Mirshojae, whose patients included “celebrities, movie stars, athletes and many people of different walks of life,” had just finished his shift at around 5:34 p.m. when the gunman appeared from a hiding spot and ran towards the Iranian-born doctor.
After the fatal shooting, the gunman ran to the rear of the Woodland Hills Medical Clinic and Urgent Care as police responded 42 minutes later to an “Ambulance Shooting” call.
Mirshojae was pronounced dead at the scene.
After a nearly four-month-long investigation, police officials announced the arrest of Kelk and four others.
Kelk, 53, had mourned the death of her ex-husband in a since-deleted Facebook post.
“Hamid, the kids and I are in so much shock we miss you so bad,” she said. “August 23rd 5:30pm they took Hamid away from us right in front of his practice. He was always helping people seeing tens and thousands of patients for decades we fought HARD to make life happen starting from nothing in the apartment and still the world is so cold.”
The now-suspected murderer said her family had to be “strong in the face of evil” to remember Mirshojae.
The former couple shared three adult children.
Hours before her arrest, LAPD and federal investigators raided Kelk’s Calabasas home Thursday evening, according to KTTV.
It was not revealed if anything was discovered during the search.
In August, Kelk denied any involvement in her ex-husband’s death.
“It’s all lies,” she said according to the Los Angeles Times.
After separating from his ex-wife, Dr. Mirshojae remarried in 2023, and the newlywed couple shared a 6-month-old girl at the time of his death.
His new wife and daughter were visiting family in Turkey at the time of the shooting, but jetted back to the US after learning the heartbreaking news.
Suspects
Along with Ahang Mirshojae’s arrest Thursday, police also arrested and charged four others for the Aug. 23 suspected killing.
Evan Hardman, 41, was arrested on Dec. 10 in the greater Houston area of Texas and charged with Murder with Special Circumstances and will be transferred to LAPD custody.
Ashley Rose Sweeting, 40, was nabbed in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday for being an accessory to murder.
Sarallah Jawed, 26, was taken into custody Wednesday and charged with Murder with Special Circumstances.
Shawn Randolph, 46, was arrested and booked for Murder on Thursday.
Hardman and Jawed were also charged with attacking Dr. Mirshojae with a baseball bat in May, Fox 11 reported.
The two were each slapped with an assault with a deadly weapon charge for the May 3 attack that left Mirshojae fearing for his life.
“They came and they beat him with baseball bats,” an employee told the Los Angeles Times at the time. “They were some strangers that we didn’t know.”
Kelk and Randolph are being held without bail and their cases will be presented for filing consideration to the LA DA’s office on Dec. 16.
The investigation is ongoing, the LAPD said.
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