Wild moment cops shoot 90s rocker’s wife after car chase – as she is charged with attempted murder
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By ADAM S. LEVY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 23:55 BST, 9 April 2025 | Updated: 02:53 BST, 10 April 2025
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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.
The incident began with a hit-and-run in the LA neighborhood of Eagle Rock, police said Tuesday, noting that a trio of suspects exited their vehicle on foot and scattered.
All three had been running from the scene, police said, adding that Lauren, 51, came out from one of the nearby homes with a weapon in hand, though ‘it’s unclear whether she fired’ the gun.
After Lauren did not listen to repeated commands from reporting officers, the LAPD said, officers shot at Lauren, hitting her shoulder.
Lauren, an author by trade, went back into the house after she was struck, and later emerged from the abode with her hands up in surrender, police told the outlet.
Lauren was subsequently booked in connection with attempted murder; Dailymail.com has reached out to authorities with the LAPD for additional comment.
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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
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Lauren was subsequently booked in connection with attempted murder
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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.
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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.
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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.
However, that didn’t stop him from allegedly jumping over the side of the freeway and down an embankment.
I chased him down the side of the freeway, across the freeway, over a couple of fences,’ her brother, Guy Binn told the station. ‘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.’
