The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker during the theft of two of the singer's French
bulldogs
in Hollywood in February of last year has been sentenced to 21 years in prison on Monday, after failing to answer the charge of attempted murder. .
At the time of the event, Lady Gaga was in the city of Rome hanging around the Ridley Scott film
House of Gucci
, so it was a professional dog walker who took care of her pets.
At about 9:40 p.m. on a Wednesday in February 2021, while Ryan Fischer, 30, was walking
Miss Asia
,
Gustav
and
Koji
, as the animals are called, down Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, he was attacked by three unknown individuals.
The sequence took place in just under a minute: James Howard Jackson and two other men got out of a white car with the intention of seizing the dogs from the walker.
The men struggled with him and threw him to the ground while they took away two of the three dogs he was walking, until a shot rang out and Fischer was left lying on the ground, as could be seen in a video of the event recorded by a camera. security and was obtained exclusively by the news portal TMZ.
“Help, I've been shot!
Help!", the man in the images is heard shouting, lying on the ground next to one of the dogs,
Miss Asia
, who escaped from the kidnappers and was rescued.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the man was shot with a semi-automatic pistol and spent several days in critical condition.
A month later, Fisher revealed on Instagram that he had suffered a collapsed lung.
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"The plea agreement holds Mr. Jackson accountable for perpetrating a violent and heartless act, and provides justice for our victim," the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said when announcing the settlement of the case.
The other two attackers are in jail for their part in the crime.
Following the robbery, Lady Gaga offered a $500,000 reward to get her dogs
Koji
and
Gustav
back .
A woman delivered the dogs unharmed to the singer, but she was accused of being an accomplice in the events and of receiving stolen dogs.
Miss Asia
, the singer's other dog, managed to escape the robbery and returned to Fischer, injured and on the ground, after the thieves left.
Los Angeles police have claimed the dogs were taken for their black market value and not because they belonged to the famous singer.
French
bulldogs
are one of the most sought after specimens in the pet market in the United States, which is being ravaged by a wave of attacks and thefts to get hold of them.
Small and playful, they are easy to capture.
Curiously, this wave of kidnappings is due to its association with celebrities such as Lady Gaga herself, Reese Witherspoon or Leonardo DiCaprio, who have given this breed a halo of glamor and prestige.