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The safe return of Koji and Gustav came hours
after Gaga, who was filming a movie in Rome when her pets were
taken on Wednesday night, issued a plea on social media for "an
act of kindness" to bring them home.
A woman who authorities have not publicly identified brought the
dogs to an LAPD station unharmed, and they were turned over to
the musician's representatives, according to a Los Angeles
Police Department spokesman, Officer Mike Lopez.
Two men suspected of stealing the pets at gunpoint from their
dogwalker, 30-year-old Ryan Fischer, remained at large, however,
Lopez said.
In a message posted hours earlier on her Twitter and Instagram
accounts, Gaga said her "heart is sick" over the violent robbery
and vowed to pay $500,000 for the dogs' safe return, including
from anyone who had bought or found them.
"My beloved dogs Koji and Gustav were taken in Hollywood two
nights ago," she wrote in the post, alongside photos of the
dogs. "I am praying my family will be whole again with an act of
kindness."
It was not immediately clear whether the woman who brought the
dogs to the police on Friday will collect the reward.
Fischer was walking three of Gaga's bulldogs in a residential
area in Hollywood late on Wednesday when a car pulled up
alongside them and two men demanded he turn over the animals,
police said in a statement.
The dog walker was shot once by the assailants, who drove off
with two of the dogs. A third escaped and was later found by
police.
The singer heaped praise on Fischer for risking his "life to
fight for our family," adding: "You’re forever a hero."
Fischer is expected to make a full recovery, his family told
celebrity website TMZ on Friday.
(Additional reporting by Jill Serjeant in Los Angeles; Editing
by Diane Craft and William Mallard)
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