Weezer bassist's wife is formally charged after being shot by cops in bizarre standoff
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner's wife Jillian Lauren has been formally charged after she was shot by the police and booked on suspicion of attempted murder in April.
According to TMZ, the 51-year-old appeared in a Downtown Los Angeles court on Tuesday where she was hit with felony gun charges despite the initial serious allegation.
Specifically, LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman charged Lauren with felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and felony discharge of a firearm with gross negligence.
During Tuesday's court appearance, Lauren pleaded not guilty to both felony gun charges.
If she is convicted, Lauren could face up to 19 years in prison, the outlet reports.
On April 9, Lauren was shot in the arm in her Los Angeles backyard and later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after she supposedly pointed a weapon and fired at cops, whom she claimed to have confused with armed criminals on her property.
The authorities were on the scene because a hit-and-run suspect had been reported in the area - allegedly stripping down to his boxer shorts and jumping in a resident's swimming pool in a bizarre attempt to dodge his arrest.
While searching for the suspect, law enforcement encountered the rocker's armed wife and the situation rapidly escalated into a shootout.
Lauren and her attorneys appeared before Judge Theresa R. McGonigle at the Clara Shortridge Foltz criminal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on April 30.
At the time when she arrived for the court date, the Los Angeles County district attorney had not filed any charges against her, and as a result she has been ordered to go back on May 13, as reported by Rolling Stone.
'The matter remains under investigation,' said DA spokesman Greg Risling. 'A case has not been formally presented to the District Attorney's Office for filing consideration. Ms. Shriner remains out of custody on bond.'
Risling added: 'A formal case presentation is anticipated within the next week. Our office will make a filing decision shortly thereafter.'
Prosecutors said at the hearing that the Los Angeles Police Department was still investigating the case, according to CBS.
The matter has apparently not yet been presented to the DA's office, but attorney Jeff Liu said: 'We anticipate that will happen within the next week.'
The court date came days after released bodycam footage revealed jaw-dropping details about the moment Lauren was shot by police in her LA backyard.
LAPD released bits of bodycam and security footage, as well as audio clips from 911 calls pertaining to the incident.
The bombshell evidence shows LAPD officers approaching her home after being tipped off that a crime suspect had snuck into the yard.
Officers were then seen peering over a fence into the property as Lauren entered the area bearing a handgun, as captured on home surveillance video.
The LAPD unveiled three different angles of body-worn camera footage, documenting the chaotic moments leading up to shots being fired.
'Put the gun down!' one cop was heard shouting. The command was allegedly refused by Lauren - who recently went public about her ongoing cancer battle - multiple times.
'Ma'am! We're trying to help you!' one of the officers frantically warned.
'Drop the gun! You're going to get shot! You're going to get shot, it's the police!'
After several tense minutes of the police officers urging Lauren to drop her weapon, one of the cops indicated she may be getting ready to shoot.
'Hey, she just pointed it. Not at us but she lifted it up,' he said.
Footage from Lauren's yard allegedly shows her raising her weapon, firing at cops and walking into her home after she got hit by a bullet.
Shortly after the heated encounter, police reportedly received a 911 call from one of Lauren's neighbors, who she was with at the time.
The phone call indicated she believed the three policemen were the hit-and-run suspects.
'There were three men, she says there were three men and one of them shot her and the cops are looking for him right now,' the neighbor explained to the 911 operator.
'They have their guns out and like, I don't know if they found him yet or not, but they told me to not look out the window.'
Lauren then chimed in and explained the incident from her perspective: 'I had my gun, and he said put down that gun, put down that gun.
'I said put down your f**king gun. And then he shot me.'
About an hour after the ordeal, Lauren walked outside and was confronted by police officers.
Body-worn video shows Lauren sprawled out in the middle of the road as cops handcuffed her and noticed she was shot.
She was taken to the hospital to treat the non-fatal wound and cops confirmed Lauren was not involved in the original hit-and-run.
Lauren was charged for firing at the police, but she was later released from custody after posting her $1 million bail.
The suspect cops were initially looking for was detained by California Highway Patrol officers, cited and released, shortly after Lauren's arrest.
Meanwhile, the remaining two suspects who fled the multi-car crash remain at large.
Lauren and Shriner married in 2005 and they have two adopted children together.
Beyond her marriage to Shriner, Lauren has found fame on her own after penning a series of memoirs and true crime books.
She also worked as a crime reporter, and was involved in investigating the serial killer Samuel Little, one of the most prolific murderers in US history.
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