Search Continues For Suspect In Fatal Shooting Of Doctor In LA

LOS ANGELES, CA — The search continued Sunday for the person who shot a doctor to death outside a Woodland Hills hospital.

The shooting occurred at about 5:30 p.m. Friday on Topanga Canyon Boulevard just south of Oxnard Street. The victim, later identified as 61-year- old Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, was walking to a vehicle at the time in the parking lot of the Woodland Hills Medical Clinic and Urgent Care at 5995 Topanga Canyon Blvd., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

His body was found near the driver's side of a white SUV, ABC7 reported. Several bullet casings reportedly were found next to the body.

Police said the shooter fled the scene on foot, and no suspect description was immediately available.

Mirshojae worked at the hospital and specialized in emergency medicine, according to the medical center's website, which said he received a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.

Police said he was walking to the SUV when an unknown suspect approached him and shot him multiple times. Witnesses heard gunshots and saw a body on the ground in the parking lot.

"Everyone in the Woodland Hills area, even in L.A., they know him because he was a really good doctor," Maryem Alaei, a family friend, told KTLA5. "Always laughing, always joking, always helping people."

Alaei said Mirshojae's wife was visiting family in Turkey with their 6- month-old baby, but would now fly back to the United States as soon as possible.

Anyone with information about the shooting was urged to call the LAPD's Topanga station at 818-756-4800. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls can be directed to 877-527-3247.

Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or go directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org.

— City News Service