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Los Angeles Times
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Noah Goldberg

Man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker pleads no contest, sentenced to 21 years in prison

LOS ANGELES — The man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker during an attempt to steal the animals pleaded no contest to a charge of attempted murder Monday and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison.

James Howard Jackson, 20, was the triggerman in the shooting of Ryan Fischer on Feb. 25, 2021, as Fischer was walking Lady Gaga's three French bulldogs on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood.

Fischer fought back when two men tried to snatch the dogs, and was shot in the chest. The assailants took two of the dogs and escaped. Fischer has since been released from a hospital.

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