The American singer’s two French bulldogs recovered unharmed after being stolen by thieves who shot an injured dog walker.
Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dog walker, were found unharmed on Friday, Los Angeles police said.
A woman took the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, at about 6 p.m., said Captain Jonathan Tippet, commander of the division’s elite Robbery-Homicide Division.
Lady Gaga’s representative and detectives went to the station and confirmed they were the dogs, Tippet said.
The singer is currently in Rome to shoot a movie.
The woman who dropped the dogs appears to be “neither involved nor involved” in the attack on Wednesday evening, Tippet said.
In a tweet on Friday night, the LAPD said the woman had found the dogs “and contacted Lady Gaga staff to return them.”
Both Lady Gaga’s dogs have been turned in at a local police station and they are safely reunited with Lady Gaga’s representatives. https://t.co/c5Z5QMa944
– LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) February 27, 2021
Her identity and the location where the dogs were found are not being disclosed for her safety and due to the ongoing investigation, the LAPD said.
The dog walker, 30-year-old Ryan Fischer, was shot once while walking three of the singer’s dogs in Hollywood.
Video footage showed a white sedan driving in front and two men jumping out. They wrestled with the dog walker before someone pulled a gun and fired a single shot before fleeing with two of the dogs. The third escaped and has since been reunited with Lady Gaga’s representatives.
The dog walker can be heard on the video that he was shot in the chest. He is expected to survive his injuries, Tippet said.
In a message posted to her Twitter and Instagram accounts hours earlier, Gaga said her heart is sick from the violent theft of her dogs – whose names are Koji and Gustav – and pledged to pay $ 500,000 for the safe return of the dogs, including anyone who bought or found them.
“My beloved dogs Koji and Gustav were taken to Hollywood two nights ago,” she wrote in the post, alongside photos of the dogs. “I pray that my family will be whole again in a kind act.”
My beloved dogs Koji and Gustav were taken to Hollywood two nights ago. My heart is sick and I pray that my family will be healthy again in a kind act. I will pay $ 500,000 for their safe return. Email [email protected] to contact us. pic.twitter.com/3NY9u7Mw2K
– Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 26, 2021
Tippet said that since the police were not involved in the reward, he did not know if the woman would receive it.
“I continue to love you, Ryan Fischer, you risked your life fighting for our family. You are a hero forever, ”said Lady Gaga in an Instagram post.