LOS ANGELES — The 30-year-old dog walker who was shot in Hollywood while walking Lady Gaga's French Bulldogs was hospitalized in stable condition Friday as police searched for the assailants who took two of the pop star's pets.


What You Need To Know

  • The dog walker was with three of Lady Gaga's dogs at the time of the shooting

  • The suspects left the scene in a four-door Nissan Altima, according to the LAPD

  • Police asked anyone with photos or video of the robbery to send them to SAFELATIPS@lapd.online

  • Anyone with information was asked to call Detective Marsden and Detective Brown at 213-486-6840

The shooting occurred about 9:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of North Sierra Bonita Avenue, near Sunset Boulevard. The dog walker, identified by friends as Ryan Fischer, was taken to a hospital, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Fischer was walking three of Lady Gaga's dogs at the time, and the attackers made off with two of them, named Koji and Gustav. A third dog, a black French bulldog named Miss Asia, was recovered.

TMZ obtained surveillance video that captures the shooting, apparently from a home security system on Sierra Bonita Avenue. The video shows Fischer walking on the sidewalk when a white sedan pulls up and stops in the street, with two people jumping from the back seat and saying, "Give it up."

A struggle ensues, and one gunshot can be heard, prompting Fischer to fall to the ground, screaming. The assailants each grabbed one dog and got back into the rear seat of the car, leaving Fischer on the ground yelling for help.

The black bulldog, Miss Asia, is seen on the video running back to Fischer on the ground after the assailants' vehicle disappears from view.

Police described the two suspects as men about 20 to 25 years old, one with blond dreadlocks and wearing a black hoodie and carrying a semi-automatic handgun. The other was clad in dark clothing.

They fled the scene in a four-door Nissan Altima, according to the LAPD.

Lady Gaga, who is in Italy filming a movie, has not spoken publicly about the incident, but multiple outlets reported she is offering a no-questions-asked $500,000 reward for the return of the dogs, and tips can be emailed to kojiandgustav@gmail.com.

Police asked anyone with photos or video of the robbery to send them to SAFELATIPS@lapd.online.

Anyone with information was asked to call Detective Marsden and Detective Brown at 213-486-6840.