Man accused of mistakenly shooting Lady Gaga’s traveller has been released from prison by mistake, sources say

LOS ANGELES – A man accused of fatally shooting Lady Gaga’s hiker during a robbery last year was mistakenly released from a Los Angeles jail Wednesday, according to multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the matter. related to this issue.

James Howard Jackson, 18, was still free on Thursday night, officials said.

Jackson, one of the three charge in the musician’s robbery and shooting in February 2021, was released by mistake after appearing in court Wednesday, sources told NBC News and NBC Los Angeles.

The charges were dismissed and the charges will be replaced with an alternative grand jury indictment that was sealed during Wednesday’s hearing, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said late in the day. Thursday.

Several sources familiar with the court’s procedures said it appeared that the records were not up-to-date on the replacement case.

Online prison records for Jackson show he was released and the reason listed was “fired.” The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which operates the county’s prison system, was not immediately available for comment Thursday.

Jackson was one of three people charged last year with attempted murder, second-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the fatal shooting of Ryan Fischer.

Jackson – the alleged gunman – was also charged with one count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle.

Fischer was shot and injured after he was robbed while walking Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs in Hollywood around 9:40 p.m. on February 24, 2021.

Thieves stole two of the three dogs, and the musician offer a reward of $500,000 for the return of the animals, named Koji and Gustav. The dogs were then return.

Los Angeles police said the robbery was not aimed at the dogs because they knew they belonged to Gaga, but rather because the French mastiff is a popular breed with a high price tag.

The DA’s office has said that Jackson shot Fischer after a struggle during the robbery. Two others were later charged with the accessory.

Last year, another man was released by mistake from a Los Angeles jail and was freed for about three weeks before being re-arrested.

Steven Manzo, 24, accused of killing a Long Beach man in 2018, was released from prison after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said a case was dismissed for technical reasons and that was immediately rejected.

The Los Angeles Police Department says it was not their mistake to release Manzo and that it is following a court order to release him.

Manzo was later recaptured in neighboring Orange County.

Phil Helsel contribute.

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