This video is part of the evidence that LAPD detectives are examining, according to LAPD officer Mike Lopez.
The footage, recorded by a home surveillance camera, shows the dog walker on Hollywood’s Sierra Bonita Avenue on Wednesday night, when a light-colored sedan slows down and stops beside him. At least two people can be seen exiting the vehicle and approaching the dog walker. In the video, the victim is heard shouting “no, no” while fighting with his attackers.
One man is seen arresting the victim, while the other appears to point a gun. When a shot is fired, the victim is seen falling backwards as the men run back to the car.
“Oh my God, oh my God, help me,” the dog walker is heard screaming just before the car leaves. He heard that he was shot in the heart and lungs and that the two dogs were stolen when neighbors ran to help him.
“We heard blood-chilling screams. And then, in a minute, a shot was fired,” neighbor Rachel Mason told CNN. “We just looked for cover, ran inside and called 911.”
Mason said it was a shocking scene and his neighbor helped save the victim’s life.
“We came back and the guy was literally bleeding while the cops and paramedics were arriving, and our neighbor was compressing his chest,” said Mason. “I didn’t know if he was alive or dead and he is placed on the stretcher and placed in the ambulance.”
Mason added that she had no idea that the victim was Lady Gaga’s dog walker and her dogs were stolen.
At the moment, the victim is in critical condition and the dogs are still missing, according to Lopez. The dog walker was not publicly identified. The police described the attackers as men between 20 and 25 years old.
The singer is offering a $ 500,000 reward for the return of her dogs named Koji and Gustav.