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California woman pleads not guilty in the gangland-style murder of her ‘high-profile’ doctor ex-husband outside his practice – Prosecutors allege motivation was financial gain

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2d0d0d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>A California woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her celebrity doctor ex-husband pleaded not guilty Monday to murder charges <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2d0d0d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ahang Kelk Mirshojae&comma; 54&comma; of Calabasas is accused of conspiring to kill Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae&comma; a prominent Southern California physician<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2d0d0d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae&comma; 61&comma; was gunned down outside his Woodland Hills medical clinic in August 2024<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2d0d0d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Ahang Kelk Mirshojae of Calabasas&comma; prosecutors allege&comma; hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband for unspecified financial gain<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2d0d0d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She faces the murder charge alongside alleged gunman Evan Hardman&comma; 42&comma; of Tomball&comma; Texas <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2d0d0d&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>While a co-conspirator said she masterminded the murder-for-hire plot&comma; she has maintained her innocence<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Ahang-Mirshojae-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484743" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;1&period;5255555318326204&semi;width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ahang Kelk Mirshojae&comma; was among five people arrested for conspiracy to commit murder in the assassination of her ex-husband Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae&comma; who was gunned down outside his Woodland Hills medical clinic in August 2024<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A California woman accused of hiring a hit man to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;27&sol;widow-claims-jealous-ex-wife-hired-four-people-to-execute-doctor-husband-in-bid-to-get-his-money-in-lawsuit&sol;">assassinate her celebrity doctor ex-husband<&sol;a> on Monday pled not guilty to murder charges&period;<br>Ahang Mirshojae&comma; née Kelk&comma; 54&comma; of Calabasas is accused of conspiring to kill Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae&comma; a prominent Southern California physician who was gunned down outside his Woodland Hills medical clinic in August 2024&period;<br>She faces the murder charge alongside alleged gunman Evan Hardman&comma; 42&comma; of Tomball&comma; Texas&period;<br>Iran-born Hamid Mirshojae&comma; 61&comma; was fatally shot in the back of his head by a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;masked man” in the parking lot of his family clinic on the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles&period;<br>Dr&period; Mirshojae&comma; whose patients included many A list individuals&comma; celebrities&comma; movie stars and athletes&comma; had just finished his shift around 5&colon;34 p&period;m&period; on Aug&period; 23&comma; 2024&comma; when the gunman emerged from a hiding spot and ran toward his target&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Hamid-Mirshojae-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484752" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;1&period;7958912703280299&semi;width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a prominent Southern California physician who was ambushed and gunned down outside his Woodland Hills medical clinic in August 2024&comma; allegedly by a hitman hired by his ex-wife<&sol;strong>&comma;<strong> according to District Attorney Nathan Hochman<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;08&sol;image-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-501749" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae and Ahang Kelk had been married but were divorced at the time of the slaying&period; The former couple shared three adult children&period; Prosecutors said the was motivation was financial gain<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;08&sol;image-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-501751" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Following his divorce from Ahang&comma; Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae married <strong>Ghazal<&sol;strong> Simorgh in 2022&period; Ghazal had traveled to Turkey with their infant daughter who was six months old at the time of he was murdered<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In December 2024&comma; the Los Angeles Police Department announced the arrest of Ahang Mirshojae&comma; along with four other people for conspiracy to commit the murder of Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae&period; <br>Among the four co-conspirators arrested along with Ahang include the alleged trigger man 42&comma; of Tomball&comma; Texas and Ashley Rose Sweeting&comma; 41&comma; who allegedly drove the getaway vehicle&period; The others were Sarallah Jawed&comma; 27&comma; and Shawn Randolph&period;<br>Ahang Kelk Mirshojae and Shawn Randolph were both charged with murder&period; Ahang former was also charged with assault with a deadly weapon and is accused of hiring a hitman to kill her ex-husband in a financially motivated crime&period;<br>Jawed and Hardman were both charged with one felony count of murder&comma; one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon and special allegations that the murder was intentional and carried out for financial gain&period;<br>Hardman received additional special allegations of carrying out the shooting by lying in wait and that he personally and intentionally used a handgun&period; Sweeting was charged with accessory after the fact&period;<br>Hardman allegedly told detectives Mirshojae first hired him to attack her former husband months before the fatal shooting&period; He is due to be arraigned in court Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;08&sol;Dr&period;-Mirshojaes-clinic-on-the-5900-block-of-Topanga-Canyon-Boulevard-LA-California-2-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-501759" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>On Aug&period; 23&comma; 2024&comma; a masked gunman approached and fatally shot Dr&period; Hamid Mirshojae outside his clinic on the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard&comma; in Los Angeles as he headed toward his vehicle&period; Shot in the head at close range&comma; Mirshojae died at the scene<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The initial plot allegedly involved beating Mirshojae and taking two valuable watches&period; After the attack failed to produce the watches&comma; Hardman said&comma; Mirshojae wanted the job taken further&period;<br>Hardman told investigators Mirshojae later offered him &dollar;400&comma;000 to kill the doctor during a meeting in Agoura Hills&comma; according to testimony detailed in court proceedings&period;<br>He allegedly recalled her saying&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I want to take him all the way out&period;” <br>Hardman also claimed she reacted as though she had won a major victory after learning of the shooting and gave him a bag containing cash&period; Prosecutors allege the killing was carefully planned&period;<br>On Aug&period; 23&comma; 2024&comma; a masked gunman allegedly waited for Mirshojae outside his clinic on the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard before approaching him from behind as he headed toward his vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;08&sol;image-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-501755" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ahang Mirshojae was charged with murder alongside alleged gunman Evan Hardman&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&period; <strong>Ashley Rose Sweeting&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; who allegedly drove the getaway vehicle was charged as accessory after the fac<&sol;strong>t&period; It was later decided there was insufficient evidence to charge Sweeting with murder<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The doctor was shot in the head at close range and died at the scene&period; The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has alleged that Hardman intentionally waited for the victim before attacking him&comma; in a murder scheme motivated by financial gain&period;<br>The alleged murder came just months after Mirshojae was attacked with a blunt weapon&period; Prosecutors say Mirshojae’s ex-wife also hired Hardman and another man&comma; Sarallah Jawed&comma; in connection with that earlier assault&period;<br>Jawed was later charged in the case&comma; while Ashley Rose Sweeting was accused of acting as an accessory and allegedly driving Hardman to and from the shooting&period;<br>Mirshojae’s widow&comma; Ghazal Simorgh&comma; was reportedly visiting family overseas in Turkey with the couple’s 6-month-old baby at the time of the shooting&period; It was reported that she quickly flew back to the U&period;S&period; when she learned of her husband’s murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;08&sol;Ahang-Mirshojae-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-484740" style&equals;"aspect-ratio&colon;0&period;5732609768130241&semi;width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>54-year-old Ahang Kelk Mirshojae of Calabasas&comma; prosecutors allege&comma; hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband for unspecified financial gain&period; While a co-conspirator said she masterminded the murder-for-hire plot&comma; she has maintained her innocence<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A judge ultimately found insufficient evidence to send Jawed and Sweeting to trial on the murder charges&comma; while Mirshojae and Hardman were ordered to stand trial in June 2026&period;<br>Mirshojae’s murder shocked his family and patients&period;<br>The physician had spent decades working in emergency medicine and addiction treatment&comma; with his professional biography saying his patients included&nbsp&semi;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;celebrities&comma; movie stars&comma; athletes&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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