Weezer bassist's wife appears in LA court, hearing continued as LAPD continues investigation
The wife of the bassist of the LA-based rock band Weezer appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday related to an April 8 incident where she was arrested for allegedly shooting her gun at police officers.
At Wednesday's court hearing, prosecutors said the case involving Jillian Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and has not been presented to the district attorney's office for filing yet. "We anticipate that will happen within the next week," attorney Jeff Liu said. The hearing was continued to May 13, with Shriner ordered to appear.
Jillian Shriner appeared at a downtown Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday morning.
KCAL News
The Shriner and police confrontation began when officers with the Los Angeles Police Department and the California Highway Patrol were in her Eagle Rock neighborhood, searching for hit-and-run suspects who fled on foot.
Police searching the area for the suspects were directed to a home in the 5300 block of Waldo Place.
"As the officers were in the rear yard of that residence, they observed a female ... in the yard of a neighboring residence armed with a handgun," LAPD said in an earlier news release. That woman was later identified as Shriner.
Officers said that they had ordered the 51-year-old to drop the gun several times, as she pointed it in their direction. Shots were fired and Shriner suffered a gunshot wound to her shoulder. She was treated at a hospital, and subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
A little over two weeks after the incident, LAPD released body cam video as part of a use-of-force investigation which captured the exchange between Shriner and officers.
In the body cam video, officers could be heard yelling "Put the gun down!" a number of times. Officers also tell Shriner they are trying to help her and to "Drop the gun; you are going to get shot."
Officers identified themselves as LAPD and the California Highway Patrol, as helicopters could be heard overhead.
"Shriner then pointed the handgun at the officers, and an officer-involved shooting occurred," the LAPD said in an earlier press release.
The body cam video shows officers shouting, "Shots fired, officer needs help," after shots rang out.
Shriner will remain free on a $1 million bond, with her next court appearance scheduled for May 13.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
'You will be prosecuted': LA mayor issues downtown curfew
STORY: :: LA Mayor Bass issues a curfew for downtown after days of anti-ICE protests :: June 10, 2025 :: Los Angeles, California :: Karen Bass, Los Angeles Mayor "I wanted the city to know that I have declared a local emergency and issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting. Many businesses have now been affected by or vandalized. Last night, there were 23 businesses that were looted and I think that if you drive through downtown L.A., the graffiti is everywhere and has caused significant damages to businesses and a number of properties." "So my message to you is, if you do not live or work in downtown L.A., avoid the area. Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you will be prosecuted. Hundreds of officers from police and sheriff's department from across the region and state are working alongside LAPD through a unified command structure. The curfew will be in place tonight from 8pm until 6am." The curfew will begin at 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday and last until 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday (June 11) and apply to a 1-square-mile area in downtown.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
Arkansas corrections panel OKs design firms for new prison; next step legislative approval
From left, Arkansas Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne, Board of Corrections Chairman Benny Magness and Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace listen Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, to questions about the state's purchase of land for a new 3,000-bed prison near Charleston, Arkansas. (Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate) Arkansas' prison oversight board on Tuesday unanimously approved a contract with two architectural engineering firms to design a planned state prison. The state Board of Corrections gave preliminary approval in May to the $57 million contract with Omaha, Neb.-based HDR and Little Rock-based Cromwell Architects Engineers, but held off formal approval until Tuesday's special-call meeting because some members had questions. The Arkansas Legislative Council, which is scheduled to meet June 20, must give final approval. The contract does not specify where the prison will be built, and board Chairman Benny Magness emphasized the lack of specificity. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her legislative leaders have said the state intends to build a 3,000-bed prison on 815 acres in Franklin County. That decision rankled some lawmakers and local officials who said they hadn't been consulted on the site choice, and lawmakers opposed to the location helped kill a bill this spring that would have appropriated $750 million toward the proposed prison. Board member Lee Watson, who had asked for the delay in approval of the design contract, said his concerns had been addressed. He'd wanted to know whether the architects would have the ability 'to scale as needed depending on what the Legislature budgets for us,' he said. In May, he asked whether the contract would allow for the possibility of another location and whether it would allow for construction of the facility in stages. Luann Salado, project manager for the board's construction manager, Vanir Construction Management, said in May that the aim is to prepare a design that would 'at least let you understand what it would cost to do — what 3,000 beds would look like, and then allow the state to choose how much [it's] actually going to build based on how much is actually appropriated to use to build. But we have to start somewhere.' 'You absolutely will have to do this in stages. That is the approach,' she said. The prison board hired Vanir last October, before Sanders announced the state's purchase of the Franklin County prison site. The board chose the two design firms in April and chose the partnership of Nabholz Construction of Conway and J.E. Dunn Construction of Kansas City, Missouri, as the general contractor for the prison in May. Watson asked Corrections Department Chief Financial Officer Chad Brown at the May meeting if it would be 'kosher within our budgeting process' to pay for the full design. Arkansas Legislature concludes 2025 legislative session; conflict over planned prison continues Brown said the contract will be a 'pay as we go' arrangement as long as the total payment remains under an 'authority dollar amount.' The contract allows the state to withdraw from it with seven days' notice. Some of the local frustration over the 815 acres of Franklin County land for the prison comes from the Indigenous Chickamauga Nation, which has said the project could have a negative impact on its burial sites in the area. The HDR/Cromwell contract has a clause that states the Board of Corrections will 'appropriately adjust' if anything in the project will 'materially change,' Corrections Secretary Lindsay Wallace said. This story uses information previously reported by the Advocate's Tess Vrbin.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
Arrests made outside Federal Building, protesters flood 101 Freeway
The fifth day of anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles has already resulted in demonstrators being ordered by the LAPD to disperse from the downtown L.A. Federal Building. Just after 2 p.m., the Police Department ruled Tuesday's protest an 'unlawful assembly' and issued the dispersal order as protesters assembled on Alameda Street between Aliso and Temple streets. Los Angeles Police Department officials said less-than lethal rounds were authorized and any remaining demonstrators would be taken into custody. Video from Sky 5 showed officers begin making arrests around 3 p.m. Tuesday's gathering comes following another night of protests that resulted in vandalism and some looting in a small portion of downtown L.A., in which more than 100 people were arrested primarily for failure to disperse. Tensions have continued to rise in Los Angeles since last Friday, when an unexpected immigration enforcement operation took place at multiple locations in the area. Those raids have popped up in other neighborhoods in L.A., and expanded to other cities in Southern California. The protests serve as the backdrop for an ongoing war of words pitting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass against President Donald Trump and his top advisors whose focus remains on high-profile, high-visibility deportations and immigration stings. The L.A. protests have led to nationwide calls for participation, with many slated to take place in major metropolitan areas in the coming days, including Austin, Seattle and Boston. Protests also spread into Orange County when ICE raids were confirmed in Santa Ana. Gov. Newsom has attempted to stop the Trump Administration from unilaterally mobilizing troops in the city center, an effort that hit a roadblock Tuesday afternoon after a federal judge rejected his emergency motion to stop the deployment. KTLA 5 News will bring continuing coverage of these anti-ICE protests throughout the evening and through the remainder of the week, as needed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
