Days Before Weezer Set to Play Coachella, Bassist Scott Shriner's Wife Shot by LAPD
New York Times best selling author Jillian Lauren Shriner - who is married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner - was in stable condition Thursday, a day after she was shot by the LAPD and arrested on attempted murder charges after a wild foot pursuit prompted by a three-car freeway crash led cops to the couple's Eagle Rock neighborhood. The Hollywood-action-style incident began around 3 p.m. Tuesday when California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a crash in the eastbound lanes of the 134 Freeway, west of Figueroa near Eagle Rock. Three occupants in one of the cars smashed up on the freeway fled the scene on foot, which prompted CHP to call the LAPD for backup. A foot chase ensued in the upscale neighborhood where Jillian Lauren Shriner lives with the rocker and their two sons. At some point the 51-year-old mom emerged with a handgun and approached a neighbor's yard where LAPD officers were about to apprehend one of the three men suspected in the hit-and-run on the freeway. That man, police say, had stripped down to his underwear, jumped into a backyard pool, and was watering plants in an attempt to blend in. As cops moved in on that suspect, the LAPD says, officers spotted Shriner allegedly armed with a 9-millimeter handgun in the backyard at her home nearby. Police say she pointed the weapon at officers and refused to drop it despite several orders from the cops. An officer then fired a round that hurled through her shoulder, what the LAPD calls a non life threatening injury, LAPD officials say.
"During the search, officers encountered a woman armed with a firearm in the backyard of a home. After repeated commands to drop the weapon were ignored, an OIS occurred," the LAPD said in a statement. "The woman, later confirmed to be a resident, was struck by gunfire & taken to the hospital for treatment."Wounded, Shriner ran back into her home and emerged with her hands up alongside a babysitter minutes later where she was arrested on attempted murder charges. The weapon was recovered inside her home.
Shriner's husband Scott has not made a statement about his wife's incident, which comes just days before Weezer is slated to play the famed Coachella festival on Saturday afternoon. Lauren Jillian Shriner, who advocates self defense on her Instagram page, was charged early Wednesday with attempted murder, with bail set at $1 million, according to the public arrest record. She posted bond Wednesday night. Shriner is the author of a true crime tome that she wrote alongside famed writer Michael Connelly, "Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer" along with two memoirs that became New York Times bestsellers. "Some Girls: My Life in a Harem" is based on her time working for Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of the Sultan of Brunei and 'Everything You Ever Wanted' about her journey into motherhood through adoption. The couple are parents to two sons, Tariku Moon and Jovi Starshine. The man who stripped down to his underwear in an unsuccessful attempt to elude police after the freeway crash was taken into custody. The two other suspects who fled the collision alongside him remain at large.
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