Ryan Fischer, who was shot while working as Lady Gaga's dog walker, is appealing for financial help online, saying he has no vehicle or apartment and has "run out of savings."
He wrote that after "surviving on donations from generous loved ones, I am humbly asking for your help."
Fischer was shot and injured in February while walking the pop star's dogs in Hollywood,
which he described in March as a "very close call with death.”
In the description of the
GoFundMe page Fischer created Monday, he said that after spending several months traveling America in a now-defunct 1991 Ford Falcon camper van, he is fundraising online with the goal of "getting a van and exploring this country while seeking out communities that support the process of growing from trauma."
"For me, this includes retreat centers, trauma programs, queer healers, creatives and spiritual leaders," Fischer said, further adding that the $40,000 fundraiser would go toward "supporting a van purchase, travel expenses."
Fischer did not immediately respond to a NBC News request for comment.