Accused Shooter in Lady Gaga Dog Theft Mistakenly Freed

Lady Gaga attends The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Opening Gala at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2021. Amy Sussman/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—A gunman accused of shooting and seriously wounding Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stealing her two French bulldogs was mistakenly released from jail and is being sought, authorities said Friday.

James Howard Jackson, 19, was facing an attempted murder charge when he was released from Los Angeles County’s jail on Wednesday “due to a clerical error,” the county Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.