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Police in Los Angeles are searching for a suspect who gunned down a doctor who treated movie stars and athletes and was found dead near his vehicle outside a medical center.

It happened Aug. 23 around 6:12 p.m. in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, the Los Angele Police Department said in a news release. When officers arrived, the victim was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at his workplace.

The victim was identified in multiple reports as 61-year-old Dr. Hamid Mirshojae.

"Everyone in the Woodland Hills area, even in LA, they know him because he was a really good doctor," Maryem Alaei, Mirshojae's family friend, told KTLA. "Always laughing, always joking, always helping people."

A motive has not been identified, and police said the shooter took off on foot. No suspect description is available.

Staff at the clinic told the Daily Mail he was ambushed by three men with baseball bats and Beaten outside the clinic just a few months ago.

There is a memorial for the doctor outside the clinic, and a vigil was held for him.

Mirshojae leaves behind a wife and 6-month-old baby who were in Turkey at the time of his slaying, according to local reports. He has three adult children from a previous marriage, the Daily Mail reported.


 

 

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