Chicago girl, 64, was crushed whereas combating gunman who stole her French bulldog

CHICAGO — A Chicago girl says she was crushed and her French bulldog was stolen at gunpoint as she was taking it for a stroll in her northwest facet neighborhood.

Alicja Pierzchala, 64, instructed reporters that the assault occurred Wednesday night in Portage Park.

“I simply walked with my Peppa,” she instructed NBC Chicago. “She was sniffing and hastily behind of me I felt strain.”

“He yelled at me, give me your canine, after which I attempted to fight. He put a gun right here, right here, and eventually right here,” Pierzchala added, pointing to her head.

She mentioned she was later handled at a hospital for cuts to her wrists, brow and a concussion.

She adopted Peppa practically two months in the past.

No arrests have been made, police mentioned.

Pierzchala instructed NBC Chicago that police discovered surveillance video from a neighbor’s digital camera and officers additionally recovered the suspect’s cellphone.

French bulldogs have been focused in different thefts, together with the deadly taking pictures of a 76-year-old South Carolina breeder in February and the taking pictures of a California canine walker for pop star Woman Gaga in 2021.

The person was strolling three of singer’s French bulldogs on the time. Two have been taken and one escaped.

Authorities have mentioned it was a coincidence that the canines belonged to Woman Gaga and that the motive for the theft was the worth of the French bulldogs, a breed that may run into the hundreds of {dollars}.

The person who shot the canine walker and stole the canines was later arrested and sentenced to 21 years in jail.

In March, French bulldogs surpassed Labrador retrievers as the preferred canine breed, in accordance with the American Kennel Membership.