Lady Gaga offers US$500,000 reward after her dog walker shot, French bulldogs stolen
- Koji and Gustav were taken during the incident in Hollywood, though a third dog, Miss Asia, escaped and was later recovered
- The superstar is said to be asking for whoever has the duo to return them for the reward, no questions asked
Pop superstar Lady Gaga is offering a US$500,000 reward for the return of her French Bulldogs, Koji and Gustav, stolen in a violent altercation in Los Angeles that left a man fighting for his life, police and a source close to the singer said on Thursday.
Gaga, who was in Rome filming a movie when the dogs were stolen, has not commented personally on the theft. However, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that two French Bulldogs were stolen at gunpoint from a 30-year-old man on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood Wednesday night.
The man, identified in multiple media reports as the singer’s dogwalker, was shot with a semi-automatic handgun and remains in critical condition, the LAPD said.
A third dog, Miss Asia, escaped and was later recovered.
The incident is the latest of several violent thefts of French Bulldogs in the United States in recent months.
In January, a woman in San Francisco was attacked by thieves brandishing a gun who stole her French Bulldog puppy. In October, a North Carolina breeder was held at gunpoint by thieves who made off with five puppies.