The woman who returned Lady GagaB次元官网网址檚 stolen French bulldogs was among five people arrested in connection with the theft and shooting of the music superstarB次元官网网址檚 dog walker, Los Angeles police said Thursday.

Detectives do not believe that the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the pop star, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. The motive for the Feb. 24 robbery, investigators believe, was the value of the French bulldogs B次元官网网址� which can run into the thousands of dollars.

The dog walker, Ryan Fischer, is recovering from a gunshot wound and has called the violence B次元官网网址渁 very close call with deathB次元官网网址� in social media posts. He was walking Lady GagaB次元官网网址檚 three dogs B次元官网网址� named Asia, Koji and Gustav B次元官网网址� in Hollywood just off the famed Sunset Boulevard when he was attacked.

B次元官网网址 from the doorbell camera of a nearby home shows a white sedan pulling up and two men jumping out. They struggled with Fischer and one pulled a gun and fired a single shot before fleeing with two of the dogs, Koji and Gustav.

The video captured FischerB次元官网网址檚 screams of, B次元官网网址淥h, my God! IB次元官网网址檝e been shot!B次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淗elp me!B次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 bleeding out from my chest!B次元官网网址�

The doorbell video shows a white sedan pulling up and two men jumping out. They struggled with Fischer and one pulled a gun and fired a single shot before fleeing with two of the dogs, Koji and Gustav.

Lady Gaga offered a $500,000 reward B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址渘o questions askedB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� to be reunited with the dogs. The singer had been in Rome at the time filming a movie.

The dogs were returned two days later to an LAPD station by a woman who originally appeared to be B次元官网网址渦ninvolved and unassociatedB次元官网网址� with the crime, police initially said. It was not immediately clear if the woman, identified Thursday as 50-year-old Jennifer McBride, received the reward.

McBride turned out to be in a relationship with the father of one of the suspects, the LAPD said Thursday.

Police arrested James Jackson, 18; Jaylin White, 19; and Lafayette Whaley, 27, on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery.

WhiteB次元官网网址檚 father, 40-year-old Harold White, and McBride were arrested on suspicion of accessory attempted murder. Jackson, Whaley and the Whites are all documented gang members, according to the LAPD.

The five suspects were charged Thursday by the Los Angeles County District AttorneyB次元官网网址檚 Office. It was not immediately clear if they had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.

All five were being held on $1 million bail each, online jail records show.

Lady Gaga did not immediately address the arrests on her social media accounts Thursday afternoon. Fischer and Lady GagaB次元官网网址檚 representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

Stefanie Dazio, The Associated Press

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