The family of a doctor who was fatally shot outside his Woodland Hills medical office in 2024 in what prosecutors say was a murder-for-hire scheme announced a lawsuit Monday against the physician’s ex-wife and four alleged co-conspirators.
Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, 57, was an internal medicine physician and former reality television medical expert. He was ambushed and fatally shot in the parking lot of Warner Plaza Medical Center on Aug. 23, 2024. According to the Van Nuys Superior Court complaint filed Thursday, the murder was the culmination of a meticulously orchestrated plot allegedly devised by his ex-wife, defendant Ahang Mirshojae, that was motivated by her jealousy and financial greed.
The lawsuit alleges that Ahang Mirshojae enlisted Evan Hardman, Ashley Rose Sweeting, Sarallah Jawed and Shawn Randolph to help execute the murder. Surveillance footage and police reports indicate that Hardman, the alleged gunman, waited in the parking lot and opened fire as the doctor approached his car.
Sweeting is accused of serving as the getaway driver, Jawed allegedly helped Hardman evade arrest by transporting him across state lines and Randolph is alleged to have supplied the ghost gun used in the killing.
“This has been a nightmare for Dr. Mirshojae’s widow, Ghazal Simorgh, and their young daughter,” Alex Guerrero, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement. “To lose a husband and father to such a cold-blooded, calculated act of violence is devastating. Our lawsuit seeks justice for this family and holds accountable those responsible for this horrific crime, not just criminally, but civilly as well.”
In addition to wrongful death and emotional distress claims, the lawsuit also alleges that Ahang Mirshojae fraudulently transferred assets in an attempt to shield them from legal accountability following the killing. The plaintiffs are pursuing relief under the state’s Uniform Voidable Transactions Act to recover those assets.
Several of the defendants have pleaded not guilty in related criminal proceedings. Ahang Mirshojae is facing murder and conspiracy charges and appeared in court earlier this year. Hardman, Sweeting, and Jawed are also facing murder and weapons charges, and their criminal trials are pending.