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5 Facing Charges Over Shooting Of Lady Gaga's Dog Walker And Theft Of French Bulldogs

Three suspects face charges of robbery and attempted murder, while two others were deemed accessories to the initial crime. One was the woman who said she found the dogs after the February theft.
Lady Gaga, pictured 2019 Academy Awards. Los Angeles police announced on Thursday that they arrested five suspects in connection with the shooting of her dog walker and theft of her two French bulldogs in February.

Five people have been arrested in connection with the violent kidnapping of Lady Gaga's dogs earlier this year, the Los Angeles Police Department announced on Thursday.

The arrests were made on Tuesday, nearly two months to the day after the singer's dog walker was shot by suspects who demanded he hand over her three French bulldogs and eventually fled the scene with two of them. The dog walker is recovering from critical injuries, and the dogs were returned to authorities by a woman who said she had found

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