A prominent California doctor was shot and killed in an ambush outside his Los Angeles clinic, and a motive for the deadly attack remains a mystery.
Hamid Mirshojae was gunned down as he was walked toward his car in the parking lot of Woodland Hills Medical Clinic and Urgent Care just after 5:30 p.m. — an hour after he closed the office — on Friday, KTLA reported.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrived 42 minutes later and found the 61-year-old physician suffering from a gunshot wound next to his white SUV.
The suspect, who has not been identified, fled on foot.
Police believe there’s only one gunman involved in the fatal shooting, but have not released a description or a motive, according to the outlet.
Mirshojae’s patients included “celebrities, movie stars, athletes and many people of different walks of life,” according to his work biography.
“He helped a lot of people with detox,” Quintero added. “Who knows what they could’ve been going through. He could’ve changed something in their life. He could’ve done something different that they didn’t like, and someone wanted him removed from this world, unfortunately.”
“He’s been my doctor for 15 years, he made me feel better,” Gloria Sera told the outlet. “He was from Iran, and I don’t know if he was telling me the truth, but last time I came, he said he had just gotten married.”
Mirshojae’s wife, whom he married last year, and their 6-month-old daughter were visiting family in Turkey at the time of the shooting.
They are returning to the US after learning about Mirshojae’s death, KCAL reported.
Mirshojae has three adult children from a previous marriage.
Culled from Nypost.com
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