Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker gets 21 years in prison

The three suspects were not aware the canines belonged to Woman Gaga, Los Angeles police have mentioned.

French bulldogs are a well-liked breed that may promote for 1000’s of {dollars}. Final yr, there was an tried kidnapping of a French bulldog in Texas, and one other pet was taken at gunpoint in Washington, D.C.

Within the ensuing wrestle in Los Angeles, Jackson shot Fischer with a .40-caliber handgun. Jackson and his accomplices then grabbed two of the three canines Fischer had been strolling, got into a vehicle and fled. Fischer suffered severe accidents, together with a gunshot wound to his chest, authorities mentioned. Docs later eliminated a portion of his lungs, Fischer told Rolling Stone in August.

White and Whaley pleaded no contest earlier this yr to second-degree theft fees, the Related Press reported.

French bulldog stolen in D.C. found and returned to owner

In a press release posted Monday on social media, Fischer recounted the assault. “It’s exhausting to consider that it’s nearing two years since I used to be taking Asia, Koji and Gustav out for a night stroll when — instantly — I all of a sudden discovered myself combating with every thing I needed to shield these canines from being stolen,” he wrote. “But it surely wasn’t sufficient: I used to be crushed, strangled, shot and left to die bleeding out … gasping for my life. And Koji and Gustav had been gone.”

Jennifer McBride, 52, returned the canines to a neighborhood police station after Woman Gaga supplied a $500,000 reward. McBride claimed she had discovered the canines.

However authorities later charged McBride and Harold White, 42, who had been in a relationship on the time of the crime, with one depend every of accent after the very fact. White was additionally charged with one depend of possession of a firearm, and McBride confronted one depend of receiving stolen property, prosecutors said.

White is the daddy of Jaylin Keyshawn White. McBride and the elder White had allegedly tried to assist the youthful White keep away from arrest after the taking pictures, according to the Associated Press.

It was not instantly clear who the attorneys had been for the 5 defendants. The 5 had been arrested in April in reference to the taking pictures and theft.

Jackson was mistakenly released from custody in April this yr due to a “clerical error,” the U.S. Marshals Service mentioned in a information launch. He was recaptured in August, the AP reported.