New Reward Offered for Man Who Allegedly Shot Lady Gaga's Dog Walker and Then Was Released by Mistake

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department; Saint Rocque/instagram

The Marshalsoffered a $5,000 rewardMonday for information leading to the arrest ofJames Howard Jackson, who was one of three charged with attempted murder and robbery after allegedly shootingRyan Fischerand attempting to kidnap Gaga’s three French bulldogs in Feb. 2021.

He “should be considered armed and dangerous,” according to the Marshals’statement.

Ryan Fischer and Lady Gaga’s dogs Koji and Asia.Valleyofthedogs/instagram

Although Jackson, 19, was one offive people arrestedlast year, he was released “due to a clerical error” in April. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Major Crime Team has since asked for the U.S. Marshals help in apprehending him.

Fischershared a statementshortly after Jackson’s release: “While I’m deeply concerned at the events that led to his release, I’m confident law enforcement will rectify the error.

“I ask for Mr. Jackson to turn himself over to the authorities, so resolution to the crime committed against me runs its course, whatever the courts determine that outcome to be. Thank you to everyone who is supporting me during this time,” he added.

Jackson’sfull list of chargesincludes attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, second-degree robbery, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and a felon carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle.

Lady Gaga and her dogs.Lady Gaga/Instagram (2)

Jackson is accused ofshooting Fischerwith a .40-caliber handgun as he walked the dogs in Los Angeles. He and the two other suspects then fled in a car with two of the dogs, Koji and Gustav. The animalswere returned to policetwo days later.

Fischer was critically injured in the attack,suffering a collapsed lung. “The people in the ER, who I had seen that night, told me theydidn’t think I was gonna survivethat night,” he toldGayle KingonCBS Morningsin September.

He also praised Gaga, 36, for her constant support after the shooting as he continued his recovery.

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“She’s helped me so much,” Fischer said. “She’s been a friend for me and after I was attacked, my family was flown out and I had trauma therapists flown to me and I stayed at her house for months while friends comforted me and security was around me.”

Shortly after the shooting, Gaga released a statementcalling Fischer a “hero.”

source: people.com