Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during a heist, police said. The singer is offering a $500,000 reward.
The dog walker was shot once Wednesday night and is predicted to survive his injuries, consistent with l. a. Police Capt. Jonathan Tippett, commandant of the department’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division. the person was walking three of Lady Gaga’s dogs at the time, but one escaped. That dog has been recovered safely.
Tippett told The Associated Press that the dogs belong to pop star, Lady Gaga. It’s not yet clear if the dog walker was targeted due to his celebrity client, the captain said.
Police haven't publicly identified the person shot. But he was identified to KTLA as 30-year-old Ryan Fischer by his friend, Steven Lazarev.
Lazarev said Fischer has been taking care of Lady Gaga’s dogs for years.
“He’s an awesome guy,” he said. “Not a mean bone in his body.”
Lady Gaga is offering the reward for the return of her dogs — whose names are Koji and Gustav — with no questions asked, consistent with her representative. An email address for tips, KojiandGustav@gmail.com, has been found out. The singer is currently in Rome to film a movie.
Police were initially called to North Sierra Bonita Avenue, a street off the famed Sunset Boulevard, around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday following several 911 calls reporting a person screaming and therefore the sound of a gunshot, said Capt. Steven Lurie, commandant of the department’s Hollywood Division.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was walking the dogs when a white Nissan Altima pulled over and two men tried to steal the animals, police said.
“Two suspects exited the vehicle and demanded the victim turn over the dogs at gunpoint. The victim struggled with the suspects and was shot once by one among the suspects,” a police statement said.
The suspects nabbed two of the three dogs and drove off within the Nissan sedan, the statement said.
Buck Angel, who lives along the road, told KTLA he heard screaming “that wasn’t stopping.” As he opened his door to travel out and see what was the matter, he heard a gunshot, he said.
Video captured by the doorbell camera of a close-by home shows the white sedan pulling up next to the dog walker and two men in dark clothing getting out.
Although most of the action is hidden by a front-yard fence, it appears the lads struggle with the shouting walker. One man then pulls what appears to be a gun and an attempt is heard before the lads pile into the car and flee.
Fischer is heard repeatedly screaming: “Oh my God! I’ve been shot!”
He cries “Help me!” and “I’m bleeding out from my chest!” as someone runs out of the house to his aid.
Police cars pull up moments later.
There was little evidence of the previous night’s violence on Thursday afternoon within the upscale neighborhood referred to as the Sunset Square historic district. there has been faint blood spatters on sidewalk grasses and an errant black glove typically employed by police left within the street. Neighbors, many of whom had doorbell security cameras, declined to discuss the shooting.
Police described one among the suspects as a Black man in his early 20s with blond dreadlocks. He was wearing a black hoodie and armed with a semiautomatic gun, police said.
The other was also a Black man in his early 20s wearing dark clothing, consistent with police.
French bulldogs can cost thousands of dollars. a lady in San Francisco was beaten in January at gunpoint as three men stole her gray French bulldog puppy named Chloe, police said.
Gaga has remained among the most important pop stars within the world since breaking through together with her 2008 album “The Fame,” referred to as much for her shape-shifting persona on stages and red carpets as for her danceable music and powerful vocal pipes.
She has won 11 Grammy Awards, headlined the Super Bowl’s halftime show, and has now become a real Hollywood star after co-starring in 2018’s “A Star is Born” with Bradley Cooper and winning an Oscar.
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