The wife of a 90s rock star was shot by police in Los Angeles after she allegedly pointed her gun at a hit-and-run suspect.
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren, 51, was taken into custody alongside her babysitter Tuesday afternoon, when cops say she refused to obey their orders and put the gun down.
It is unclear whether Shriner was involved in the shocking incident ahead of his appearance at Coachella.
Police say the saga began with a three-car crash in the eastbound lanes of the 134 Freeway at around 3pm, when a trio of male suspects believed to have been involved in the collision exited their vehicle and fled on foot – prompting California Highway Patrol officers to call the Los Angeles Police Department for backup.
As the suspects ran from the scene, officers say Lauren came out from one of the nearby homes with a weapon in her hand – though it is unclear whether she actually fired the weapon.
When officers then tried to get her to drop the weapon, they said she refused to listen – and a cop shot at Lauren, hitting her in the shoulder.
Lauren, an author by trade, then went back into the house after she was struck, and later emerged from the abode with her hands up in surrender, police said.
She was then booked in connection with attempted murder.
Meanwhile, one of the male suspects in the hit-and-run was detained by California Highway Patrol officers, cited and released.
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren was shot by police officers in Los Angeles Tuesday after authorities say she pointed a gun at a hit-and-run suspect, and refused to obey orders from officers on the scene
A suspect was seen being taken into custody Wednesday evening
Lauren was subsequently booked in connection with attempted murder
Police said in a news release they were on the scene answering a misdemeanor hit-and-run call around 3:25 local time.
Lauren was with her female babysitter when she surrendered to authorities.
Lauren was taken to a nearby medical facility by paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire department.
Medical professionals examined her for what was described as ‘a non-life-threatening gunshot wound’ following the violent series of events.
Police said that they took a 9-millimeter handgun from her home upon examining the abode in the wake of the unlikely scenario that played out Wednesday in Southern California.
No one else was injured during Wednesday’s chain of events, police said, adding that Lauren had nothing to do with the initial hit-and-run.
Lauren and the woman who is believed to be her babysitter have been let go from police custody, KTLA reported Wednesday.
Dailymail.com has reached out to the LAPD for additional comment.
The wife of the Buddy Holly musician was seen on the shooting range in a social media pic
Eyewitnesses spoke to the Los Angeles-based TV station about what they saw in the unlikely incident on the spring weekday in the City of Angels.
She was seen surrendering to authorities on the weekday
Eyewitnesses spoke to the Los Angeles-based TV station about what they saw in the unlikely incident on the spring weekday in the City of Angels.
Alana Altmeyer said, ‘I saw a gentleman walking on the shoulder – so, my brother and I went over and assumed that he was leaving the scene of an accident’ that involved three vehicles.
She claimed that she and her brother chased after the suspect — and when they did, the male tried to run to the opposite side of the freeway and fell down.
‘He was bleeding from his head, his mouth and his knees,’ she said.
Her brother Guy Binn told the station: ‘I chased him down the side of the freeway, across the freeway, over a couple of fences.
‘He had a bag and a sweater. I got his bag. I got his sweater and me being so old, I couldn’t keep up with the guy. I chased him to the park, and I lost him.’
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