Police are investigating after a Los Angeles doctor to the stars was fatally shot outside the medical facility where he worked in Southern California, according to information from city officials, family and friends. As of Tuesday, The Los Angeles Police Department had not released the victim's name, but family and friends identified him as Physician Hamid Mirshojae . The 61-year-old victim, police wrote in a release, died Friday at the scene of shooting in the city's Woodland Hills neighborhood, close to where his office is at Warner Plaza Urgent Center .
About at 6:12 p.m. local time, officers responded to the scene and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound near his vehicle.
The Los Angeles Fire Department pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said. A motive in the victim's slaying an a suspect description were not immediately known, police said. A Los Angeles County Medical Examiner spokesperson told USA TODAY the victim "had not positively been identified.
" 'Is she OK? Get the heck out of here': Scotty McCreery stops show after seeing man hit woman in crowd Police: Killer remained at large Tuesday As of Tuesday, the suspect had not been identified and killer remained at large and, LAPD spokesperson Drake Madison told USA TODAY. The case, Madison said, remained open and under investigation. Ahang Zarin , who court records show is his ex-wife, said Mirshojae leaves behind "four beautiful children.
" "The kids and I are in so much shock," Zarin posted on Face.