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Man accused of shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker is recaptured months after mistaken release

James Howard Jackson, accused of shooting a man during the theft of Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs in 2021, was released from jail by mistake in April.

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Almost four months after he was mistakenly freed from custody in Los Angeles, a man accused of shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker in a robbery was captured Wednesday, officials said.

James Howard Jackson, 19, was arrested in Palmdale, a city north of L.A., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

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Jackson is charged in the Feb. 24, 2021, shooting of dog walker Ryan Fischer.

He was released from jail by mistake on April 6 due to what the sheriff’s department has said was a clerical error.

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