Los Angeles - (AFP) - US police announced that they have arrested a man suspected of shooting a Lady Gaga employee to steal the star's dogs, four months after his release due to an administrative error.

In a statement released Wednesday, detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department and the US Marshals unit responsible for pursuing the fugitives announced that they had arrested James Howard Jackson in Palmdale, an hour from Los Angeles.

The 19-year-old was released on April 6 as a result of an administrative error, and the Marshals Unit offered up to five thousand dollars as a reward for anyone who provides it with any information that might lead to the arrest of the young man.

Howard Jackson is suspected of being one of the three gang members accused of kidnapping Lady Gaga's dogs after they shot employee Ryan Fisher while he was walking French Bulldogs in Hollywood in February 2021.

Howard Jackson's arrest comes at a time when another suspect, Gaylen Kishon White, 20, was sentenced to four years in prison in Los Angeles after pleading guilty.

Surveillance cameras showed two men getting out of a car near the employee before he was shot and wounded in the chest. The two men then snatched two of the three dogs, Koji and Gustav, and fled, leaving Ryan Fisher bleeding on the floor.

As for the third dog, "Miss Age", he escaped before returning later to Fisher.

The owner of the songs "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance" offered a reward of half a million dollars to whoever could return her two dogs to her.
A woman returned the two dogs to the singer, claiming to have found them tied to a pole, before she was arrested by the police, who said the woman had an affair with the father of one of the suspects.

In April 2021, charges of attempted murder and robbery against the three men were dropped.

This case showed the importance of French bulldogs to the stars on the one hand, and the criminals who take advantage of the small size of this type and its high price to sell it on the black market on the other hand.

Lady Gaga is very attached to her dogs, who often accompany her during events, and the singer publishes pictures of her on social media.