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Lady Gaga's Dog Walker Speaks Out After Hollywood Shooting; Police Seek Two Men

Ryan Fischer, shot once on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 24, while walking three of the singer's dogs, described the attack and his recovery in social media posts on Monday.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Mar 1, 2021, 4:38 p.m. ETUpdated Aug 11, 2026, 9:12 p.m. ET
Ryan Fischer, a dog walker employed by the singer Lady Gaga, was shot once while walking three of the singer's dogs on a street just off Sunset Boulevard in , according to an Associated Press article. The article dates the shooting to Wednesday night; the incident date is given as Feb. 24. Two French bulldogs were stolen, the article said. Police have described the location at level. Accounts of the setting differ on one point, and neither carries more weight than the other. The version published by news.yahoo.com says Fischer was walking the three dogs at night on a street just off Sunset Boulevard in . The version published by snopes.com says he was walking three of Lady Gaga's dogs on a street just off Sunset Boulevard in , without specifying the time of day. This report does not choose between them. On Monday, Fischer described the violence and his recovery in social media posts, according to the Associated Press article. No further detail on his condition beyond that he was shot once appears in the material available for this report. On Friday evening, the two stolen dogs, Koji and Gustav, were returned unharmed after a woman showed up at a Los Angeles police station with them, the Associated Press article said. Also on Monday, police said they were still investigating and were seeking two men in the attack. No suspect has been identified. Police have not said what led to the shooting, and the facts available do not establish a cause or motive. This story will be updated as officials release more.

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  1. Version 212 Aug 2026, 01:12current

    Removed the derived calendar dates "Feb. 26" and "March 1" (neither appears in the fact set) and replaced them with the weekday labels the sources actually state: "Friday evening" and "Monday." Kept "Feb. 24" because date_local supplies it, and attributed the "Wednesday night" timing to the AP article rather than converting it to a date. Added an explicit sourced range for the disputed setting, naming news.yahoo.com and snopes.com and declining to pick one. All other facts, attributions and the no-motive statement are unchanged.

  2. Version 112 Aug 2026, 01:07

    First published.

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