2 arrested for murder of celebrity detox doctor: Cops
Evan Hardman and Ashley Rose Sweeting

Left inset: Evan Hardman. Right inset: Ashley Rose Sweeting (Los Angeles Police Department). Background: The Los Angeles Police Department investigates the death of Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, who was shot to death outside his detox clinic (KABC/YouTube).

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested two people for the murder of a doctor who treated drug addiction for patients that reportedly included “celebrities, movie stars, athletes and many people of different walks of life.”

Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, 61, was leaving his Detox Woodland Hills clinic shortly after 6 p.m. Aug. 23 in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard when he was “ambushed and shot by a single gunman,” LAPD said. The gunman ran to an “awaiting vehicle” which then drove away, cops said.

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On Tuesday, police announced the arrests of Evan Hardman, 41, of Tomball, Texas, and Ashley Rose Sweeting, 40, of Reseda, California, for murder. Officers arrested Hardman in the Houston area and Sweeting in the San Fernando Valley. Cops did not give a motive for the slaying but they released the suspects’ photos to seek “any additional people who may have been victimized” by them. The FBI as well as local cops in Texas aided in the arrests. LAPD will submit its investigation to the Los Angeles district attorney’s office, which will consider filing formal charges.

Months before the killing, three “strangers” with baseball bats attacked Mirshojae, leaving him in fear for his life, an employee of the clinic told the Los Angeles Times. The motive of the attack never came to light as there were never any arrests and it’s not clear if it was connected in any way to the murder.

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