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Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker shot during violent theft of dogs
Storyful has obtained and verified footage of Lady Gaga’s dog walker being shot and her two French bulldogs stolen in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening Feb. 24. The dramatic footage, captured with a security camera, shows a car stopping next to a man walking dogs on North Sierra Bonita Avenue near Sunset Boulevard. Two people get out of the backseat and try to take the dogs. A battle ensues, with the man calling for help, while one of the attackers repeatedly shouts, “Give up.” A gunshot is heard and the man falls to the ground, screaming that he has been shot and calling for help. The car leaves and a dog stays on the spot with the man. The video shows people arriving at the scene and telling the man to call the emergency number. He tells them he is bleeding from his chest and calls for help. Los Angeles Police Department, also verified by Storyful, reveals that local time authorities received a call to report the shooting at around 9:40 PM. The audio reveals that rescuers found a man “about 35 years old, conscious and breathing, with a gunshot wound.” In a statement to Storyful, the LAPD confirmed that the victim, aged 30, was shot with a semi-automatic pistol and police said two French bulldogs were taken by suspects in a white vehicle, described as a four-door sedan in dispatch audio. A third dog was found by authorities, reports said. At the time of writing, no suspects had been arrested. Police said they could not confirm the name of the victim and the dog’s owner at the time of writing. According to reports mentioning Lady Gaga’s representative, the star offered a $ 500,000 return from the dogs. Credit: Anonymous via Storyful