WOODLAND HILLS (CNS) – A man and a woman suspected of ambushing and fatally shooting a doctor after he left his medical practice in Woodland Hills were taken into custody Tuesday, nearly four months after the crime.
Officers responded to the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, near Warner Center Park, around 6:10 p.m. on Aug. 23 to reports regarding shots fired, where 61-year-old Dr. Hamid Mirshojae was discovered in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics arrived at the location moments later and pronounced Mirshojae dead at the scene.
Investigators located both suspects, identified as 41-year-old Tomball, Texas resident Evan Hardman, and 40-year-old Reseda resident Ashley Rose Sweeting, at separate locations on Tuesday, where they were taken into custody.
Police said Hardman was arrested in the Greater Houston area by deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Department while Sweeting was taken into custody in the San Fernando Valley.
“The Los Angeles Police Department worked in concert and close relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Field Offices in Los Angeles and Houston, to locate and apprehend both suspects,” police officials said in a statement.
Personnel from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Houston Police Department also participated in the investigation.
Both suspects were booked on suspicion of murder and are awaiting formal charges from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which has received the case for filing consideration.
Detectives have released a photo of the suspects to encourage additional victims to come forward.
Anyone with information regarding the fatal shooting was urged to call LAPD Valley Homicide detectives at 818-374-9550. Calls during non-business hours or weekends should be made to 310-726-7700 or 877-527-3247. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.
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