LOS ANGELES – The arraignment of three people charged in connection with the shooting of a doctor outside his Woodland Hills clinic was postponed Monday. The authorities describe this as a contract killing.

The victim’s ex-wife, Ahang Mirshojae, 53, of Calabasas, is charged along with Evan Hardman, 41, of Tomball, Texas; and Sarallah Jawed, 26, of Canoga Park, in the killing of her 61-year-old former husband, Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, 61, on August 23.

Ahang Mirshojae appeared for a scheduled arraignment in a downtown courtroom Monday morning, but neither Hardman nor Jawed were brought to court.

Supreme Court Justice Susan De Witt postponed arraignment for all three defendants until Wednesday morning. They were all ordered to remain in jail without bail.

Authorities said Dr. Mirshojae was ambushed as he walked to his SUV parked outside his clinic in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

Ahang Mirshojae was arrested on December 12th. Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman subsequently alleged that the woman had hired a hitman to kill the victim for unspecified financial gain.

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The murder charge against her includes charges of lying in wait and murder for financial gain in connection with the killing of her ex-husband, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. She also faces a criminal charge of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an alleged attack with a baseball bat on her former husband on May 3.

The murder charge against Hardman includes charges of pecuniary murder and special circumstance ambush murder, as well as allegations that he personally and intentionally discharged a firearm and that he had multiple robbery convictions in Los Angeles County up to 2002, they say in the complaint.

The murder charge against Jawed includes an allegation of murder for financial gain due to special circumstances.

Hardman and Jawed, along with the doctor’s ex-wife, are also charged in the May 3 baseball bat attack.

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According to the district attorney’s office, Jawed, who was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department’s fugitive unit on Dec. 11, allegedly drove Hardman out of the state a few days after the killing.

The three remain jailed without bail.

A fourth defendant, Ashley Rose Sweeting, 40, of Reseda, pleaded not guilty Dec. 12 to one count of accessory after the fact and also said she had a history of one or more serious or violent crimes been convicted of crimes.

Sweeting – who is accused of driving Hardman to and from the crime scene – remains in jail in lieu of $1 million bail.

She is expected back in court in Los Angeles on February 5.

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Mirshojae’s ex-wife was taken into custody following a police raid on a sprawling mansion she is believed to have owned in the 5500 block of Newcastle Lane in Calabasas.

It was unclear whether prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against any of the three defendants charged with murder.

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