One of two men charged with murder in the shooting death of a doctor after he left his medical practice in Woodland Hills, in what authorities believe may be a murder for hire, is set to be arraigned Monday in a downtown courtroom.
Sarallah Jawed, 26, is expected to go before a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Monday morning, three days after he and 41-year-old Evan Hardman, who was arrested in Texas, were charged in the Aug. 23 slaying of 61-year-old Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, who was pronounced dead in a parking lot in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, near Warner Center Park.
Meanwhile, the victim’s ex-wife and another man have also been arrested on suspicion of murder. A third defendant, Ashley Rose Sweeting, is charged with being an accessory after the fact.
Jawed and Hardman are each facing a special-circumstance allegation of murder for financial gain.
Jawed, of Canoga Park, was arrested Wednesday by the Los Angeles Police Department’s fugitive unit and remains behind bars without bail, according to jail records.