LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A man was shot and injured while singing Lady Gaga’s dogs walking down a Hollywood street Wednesday night and two of her French bulldogs were stolen.
Asia, one of Lady Gaga’s three French bulldogs, was found safe by police after a dog walker was shot and wounded in Hollywood, California. The suspects stole Lady Gaga’s other two bulldogs. February 24, 2021. (OnScene TV)
A third dog escaped but was later recovered by police. The singer is offering a $ 500,000 reward with no questions asked for his safe return, a Lady Gaga spokeswoman confirmed to CBSLA on Thursday.
The shooting occurred at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday at block 1500 of North Sierra Bonita Avenue, next to Sunset Boulevard.
A 30-year-old man, identified by CBSLA by friends as Ryan Fischer, was walking several dogs when two suspicious men got out of a car and approached him, Los Angeles police said. After an altercation, the suspects opened fire on him.
They then stole two French bulldogs and fled in a car. The violent crime was seen in a surveillance video obtained by TMZ.
“It was a white sedan, with two doors next to it open, and here I saw commotion and someone screaming, it was the shot,” Buck Angel told witnesses Thursday. “It simply came to our notice then. I’m not kidding. In fact, I started crying. Because I felt fear in him. I felt fear in that boy on the ground.
Fischer was rushed to a local hospital, police said. His condition as of Friday was unknown.
“His arm was raised when they put him in the ambulance, they (paramedics) were talking to him,” witness Rachel Mason said.
Entertainment Tonight reports that the two dogs belonged to Lady Gaga. The stolen dogs were named Gustave and Koji. Lady Gaga’s third dog, Miss Asia, escaped and was later safely recovered by police.
FILE: Lady Gaga speaks before a rally for current President Joe Biden at a rally at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 2, 2020 (Getty Images)
Fischer’s friends told CBSLA he would often walk with Lady Gaga’s dogs in the neighborhood.
“He always walks the dogs, always with them, if he’s not the group of dogs, he’s one on one with the dogs,” Steven Lazaroff told CBSLA.
Lady Gaga is currently in Italy shooting the movie “Gucci”. It offers a $ 500,000 reward for the safe return. Anyone with information is asked to send an email [email protected].
“I’m sure I would grab a bullet for these dogs, eat, sleep and breathe these dogs,” Lazaroff said of Fischer.
Police did not immediately confirm any of these details.
“We have not been able to confirm if the victim owned the dogs or if he was walking the dogs on behalf of someone,” the LAPD Sergeant said. Thomas Willers told the press Wednesday night.
Police described the two men between the ages of 20 and 25. One had blond dreadlocks, wore a black hooded sweatshirt, and carried a semi-automatic pistol. The other was dressed in dark clothes.
They fled the scene with a four-door Nissan Altima, according to the LAPD. They drove north toward the Sierra Bonita, toward Hollywood Boulevard.
Investigators are exploring the area to look for security cameras that could shed light on the crime. It is not yet known whether Fischer was a specific target or whether it was a random attack.
Lady Gaga has not issued any public statement on the situation. Your dogs have had their own Instagram page verified, missasiaxoxo, for several years.
A friend of Lady Gaga’s dog walker tells me she was always with the French. Police are now looking for the men who shot him and stole two of the dogs. @CBSLA pic.twitter.com/YkGfhRLaYB
– Tina Patel (@tina_patel) February 25, 2021