LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lady Gaga’s dog walker, who was shot last week in a Hollywood robbery when two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen, described the violence and his recovery “from a very close call to death” in posts on social media Monday.
Ryan Fischer’s posts include photos taken from his hospital bed where he says “there is still a lot of healing to be done,” but he is looking forward to getting back to the dogs.
Fischer was shot once while walking three of Lady Gaga’s dogs on Wednesday evening on a street just off the famous Sunset Boulevard. Video captured by the doorbell camera of a nearby house captured Fischer’s screams of “Oh my God! I’ve been shot!” And “Help me!” and “I’m bleeding from my chest!”
Police are looking for two men in the attack and said on Monday they are still investigating.
The two dogs, named Koji and Gustav, were returned unharmed Friday night when a woman showed up with them at a Los Angeles police station. Investigators do not believe she was involved in the robbery or shooting and were unsure whether she would receive the $ 500,000 reward that Lady Gaga offered for the dogs’ return. The singer is currently in Rome filming a movie.
Fischer thanked Lady Gaga for her support during the ordeal, writing, “Your babies are back and the family is whole … we did it!” in Instagram posts. A third dog, named Asia, escaped the attackers and lay down next to Fischer “while a car drove away and blood was pouring out of my gunshot wound,” he wrote.
The doorbell video shows a white sedan stopping and two men jumping out. They wrestled with the dog walker before someone pulled a gun and fired a single shot before taking flight with two of the dogs.