A slain Hollywood doctor who was shot to death outside his own clinic as he walked to his car was beaten up by men with baseball bats just months before his untimely death.
Hamid Reza Mirshojae, 61, was killed in the car park of Warner Plaza Urgent Center on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles about 5.30pm last Friday.
The urgent and emergency care doctor, who also treated drug and alcohol addition, was shot from point-blank range before he even knew he was in danger.
Other than grainy CCTV footage, police have little idea of the motive or the identity of the assassin and appealed to the public for information.
It has since been revealed that the doctor-to-the-stars Mirshojae had been attacked by three men with baseball bats, according to police sources and an employee who spoke to the LA Times.
Hamid Reza Mirshojae, 61, (pictured with his wife) was assassinated outside his own clinic by a gunman who ran up and shot him from behind as he walked to his car
Patients and friends created a memorial outside the clinic with red roses, candles, photos, and a sign reading ‘we miss you, doc’
His ex-wife Ahang Zarin Kelk paid tribute to the slain doctor online in announcing a public memorial service
The employee told the newspaper: ‘They came and they beat him with baseball bats. … They were some strangers that we didn’t know.’
Cops told the paper that no arrests have yet been bee made in the beating case, and that the investigation was ongoing. It is not currently know if the beating was related to his death.
CCTV footage showed Mirshojae was waling to his Lexus that was parked outside the clinic when the gunman ran from the entrance and shot him without hesitation.
Mirshojae was ambushed by three men with baseball bats and beaten outside the clinic just a few months before his murder, according to staff.
His wife and six-month-old baby were in Turkey at the time of the his assassination and are believed to be on their way back to the US.
Mirshojae got married for the second time in 2022 and has three adult children from his previous marriage.
His ex-wife Ahang Zarin Kelk paid tribute to the slain doctor online in announcing a public memorial service for 11am to 1pm on Sunday.
‘Hamid, the kids and I are in so much shock we miss you so bad,’ she wrote.
Mirshojae got married for the second time in 2022 and has three adult children from his previous marriage
Mirshojae’s wife and six-month-old baby were in Turkey at the time of the his assassination
‘He was always helping people seeing tens and thousands of patients for decades we fought HARD to make life happen starting from nothing in the apartment and still the world is so cold.
‘He left the world with four beautiful children. We want to be strong in the face of evil to remember Hamid – father, husband, doctor and friend.’
Her heartfelt words were despite Mirshojae suing Kelk and her fiancé Allen Yadegar in 2017, accusing them of embezzling his money.
Mirshojae and Kelk divorced in 2010 but she continued to be the office manager for his clinics and they worked together on other business ventures.
Kelk and her fiancé managed some of his investment properties until ‘Mirshojae’s relationship with Kelk and Yadegar began to deteriorate’ in October 2016, according to a separate lawsuit.
He accused them of ‘improperly collecting rent and interfering with the properties’ relationships with their tenants’, the lawsuit stated.
‘The complaint alleged that Kelk and Yadegar had assisted in managing the properties until Mirshojae discovered that the two were embezzling money and were instructed in late 2016 to cease and desist all work for the two properties.
‘Kelk and Yadegar continued to attempt to collect rents and to divert the rent money to themselves.’
Patients and friends created a memorial outside the clinic with red roses, candles, photos, and a sign reading ‘we miss you, doc’.
‘My primary doctor, my friend, and soccer player. He was kind, funny and a caring person. His memory will be with us forever,’ Kami Jan wrote.
Mirshojae was ambushed by three men with baseball bats and beaten outside the clinic just a few months before his murder, according to staff
He was killed in the car park of Warner Plaza Urgent Center on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles
Mirshojae’s staff told the LA Times their boss told them he was in fear of his life after the baseball bat attack.
‘They came and they beat him with baseball bats… They were some strangers that we didn’t know,’ they said.
It was not clear if that beating was linked to his murder.
The bio for Mirshojae on his Detox Woodland Hills website explained he graduated from the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.
He was board eligible in addiction medicine with more than 10 years of experience helping ‘thousands of patients achieve their goal of having a sober life’.
‘His patients include celebrities, movie stars, athletes and many people of different walks of life,’ it read.
Police said they responded at 6.13pm and there was no suspect information and the motive was unknown.
‘Detectives from Valley Bureau Homicide were notified and responded to the scene. Detectives canvassed the area for witnesses and further evidence,’ police said.
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