The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker during the theft of two of the singer’s French bulldogs in Hollywood last year pleaded no contest to attempted murder on Monday and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison.
As part of the no-contest plea, which is the legal equivalent to a guilty plea in California, James Howard Jackson also admitted in court to inflicting great bodily injury on the man he shot in the chest, Ryan Fischer, who survived the attack.
“The plea agreement holds Mr Jackson accountable for perpetrating a cold-hearted, violent act and provides justice for our victim,” the Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said when announcing the settlement of the case. Other charges Jackson faced were dismissed in the plea deal, according to the Los Angeles City News Service .
Fischer attended Monday’s court hearing and, according to CNS, made a statement blasting the defendant, saying the shooting had forever altered his life. Jackson was one of five suspects — four of them identified by authorities as known street gang members — arrested in connection with the shooting of Gaga’s dog walker and the abduction of her two pets on February 24 2021.
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