THE WORST CLERICAL ERROR IN A PRISON SYSTEM IS THE ONE THAT RESULTS IN THE WRONG INMATE GETTING RELEASED

Man accused of shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker released from prison by mistake 

 

By Patrick Reilly

 

New York Post

April 8, 2022

 

 

Lady Gaga's dogs Asia, Gustav, Koji. One of the men who robbed and shot her dogwalker was released from prison due to a clerical error

 

The man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker last year was released from jail due to a clerical error, NBC Los Angeles reported.

James Howard Jackson, 18, one of three men charged in the shooting and robbery of dog walker Ryan Fischer, was released from court on Wednesday after records showed the charges against him were dropped.

 

James Howard Jackson, 18, who has been accused of shooting Lady Gaga's dogwalker last year, is being sought by the authorities in Los Angeles after he was mistakenly released from jail on Wednesday

 

According to the LA County District Attorney’s Office, the dismissed charges were supposed to have been replaced by a superseding grand jury indictment unsealed during Wednesday’s hearing. However, it seems the superseding case was not entered against Jackson, sources familiar with the case told NBCLA.

Jackson was arrested in April 2021 along with Jaylin White, 19, and Lafayette Whaley, 27. Each was charged with attempted murder and robbery for the dogs-for-cash scheme, according to prosecutors.

Two others — Jennifer McBride, 50, and Harold White — were charged as accessories to the crime, officials said. All of the suspects, except for McBride, reportedly have gang connections.

 

Lady Gaga’s dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after the shooting

 

Police said at the time of their arrest that the suspects were not aware Lady Gaga owned the dogs.

They snagged two of Gaga’s dogs and Fischer was seriously hurt in the violent robbery during which Jackson shot him in the chest.

After Lady Gaga offered a $500,000 reward for the pups “with no questions asked”, the group recruited McBride to act as the  “hero” to show up at a LAPD station with the dogs claiming she had found the two pups. She was never given the award after officials became suspicious of her story.

Gaga, meanwhile, was reunited with her dogs as cops pieced the story together, connecting McBride with the others.

Fischer suffered serious injuries including a collapsed lung and was hospitalized for nearly a month. He’s since said he’s traumatized by the experience. 

 

Lady Gaga’s Dog is picked up by her Bodyguard at the Hollywood LAPD Station after an earlier shooting in Hollywood where her Dog walker was robbed and shot multiple times.