Ex-wife, 4 others conspired to kill Woodland Hills doctor outside his practice, police say
The ex-wife of a Woodland Hills doctor has been arrested along with four others in his execution-style slaying outside his medical practice this summer, according to police.
Hamid Mirshojae was shot in the back of the head as he walked to his car after work on Aug. 23. The shooting occurred a few months after the doctor was jumped by a trio of men with baseball bats, an attack that he said left him fearing for his life.
His ex-wife, Ahang Kelk, was taken into custody Thursday on suspicion of murder, according to a Los Angeles Police Department news release that referred to her by her married name, Mirshojae.
The LAPD made four additional arrests in connection with the crime. Investigators believe the five individuals conspired to ambush and kill Mirshojae.
In August, Kelk denied that she was involved.
"It's all lies," she said at the time.
Federal agents raided her home in Calabasas on Thursday, according to Fox 11.
On Tuesday, Ashley Rose Sweeting, 40, and Evan Hardman, 41, were taken into custody. Hardman, of Texas, was charged with murder with special circumstances. Sweeting, of Reseda, is charged with being an accessory to murder.
Then on Wednesday, Los Angeles police arrested Sarallah Jawed, 26, of Canoga Park and charged her with murder with special circumstances.
On Thursday, the LAPD arrested Kelk and Shawn Randolph, 46, of Valley Village on suspicion of murder. They are both being held without bail and will have their cases presented to the L.A. County district attorney's office for filing consideration Monday.
Multiple law agencies collaborated with the LAPD in the arrests, including the FBI field offices in Los Angeles and Houston, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Harris County Sheriff’s Department in Texas and the Houston Police Department.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
