A growing memorial can be seen outside of a medical clinic in Woodland Hills where a 61-year-old doctor was gunned down in what some believe may have been a targeted killing.
The victim was identified as Hamid Mirshojae, a doctor who worked at the Warner Plaza Medical Center located at Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Oxnard Street.
He was walking to his car on Aug. 23 when an unknown suspect approached him and shot him multiple times at around 5:34 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Witnesses heard gunshots and saw a body on the ground in the parking lot. Mirshojae was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
“He’s been full of love. He’s been full of care,” Khedhar Quintero, a former patient, told KTLA’s Chris Wolfe. “He doesn’t care that you’re just another number in his lobby, he cares about your future as well.”
Many of his patients referred to him simply as Dr. Hamid.
“He’s been my doctor for 15 years, he made me feel better,” Gloria Sera told KTLA. “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.”
Close friends tell KTLA that the doctor’s wife and 6-month-old baby were in Turkey with family at the time of the deadly shooting. Mirshojae also reportedly has three children from a previous marriage.
According to an online biography, the doctor had more than two decades of experience providing urgent and emergency care and more than 10 years in addiction medicine.
“His patients include celebrities, movie stars, athletes and many people from different walks of life,” the bio noted.
“He helped a lot of people with detox,” Quintero said. “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.”
Speculation around the killing is that Mirshojae was gunned down in a targeted fashion and authorities appear to be following that theory in their investigation.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call LAPD’s Valley Bureau homicide detectives at 818-374-9550.
During non-business hours or on weekends, calls can be directed to the LAPD at 877-527-3247. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or go directly to lacrimestoppers.org.