The suspects were taken into custody after multiple search and arrest warrants were served Tuesday in connection with the investigation, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed.
They were identified as: James Jackson, 18, Jaylin White, 19, Lafayette Whaley, 27, Harold White, 40, and Jennifer McBride, 50, the LAPD said in a news release. Jaylin White, Jackson, and Whaley were each booked for attempted murder. Harold White and McBride were arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to attempted murder.
Investigators identified McBride as the woman who brought the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station, around 6 p.m. two days after they were taken.
In February, the LAPD said the identity and the location where the dogs were found would not be disclosed for the woman’s safety and because of the ongoing investigation.
“Detectives were able to establish McBride had a relationship with the father of one of the suspects, Harold White,” police said in a statement Thursday.
Jackson, Whaley, Jaylin White and Harold white are all documented gang members from Los Angeles, the LAPD said.
The dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was walking the dogs when the shooting happened around 9:40 p.m. on February 24 in the 1500 block of North Sierra Bonita Avenue, according to authorities.
Lady Gaga herself was in Rome to film a movie at the time of the dognapping.
Fischer survived the shooting and the dogs were recovered unharmed after the singer offered a $500,000 reward in the case, no questions asked.
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DEVELOPING: More details will be added to this report as they become available. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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