Wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner shot by Los Angeles police, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
Jillian Shriner an author and the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner was involved in a situation with police that resulted in her being shot by law enforcement and subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder according to the Los Angeles Police Department Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and his wife Jillian Shriner are seen here in New York in Jillian Shriner was involved in a situation with police that resulted in her being shot by law enforcement and subsequently arrested The matter occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the East LA neighborhood of Eagle Rock when officers attempting to track a suspect of an unrelated hit-and-run were in the rear yard of a residence and observed a woman in a neighboring residence armed with a handgun an LAPD news release read The woman was later identified as Jillian Shriner The officers ordered Shriner to drop the handgun numerous times however she refused Shriner then pointed the handgun at the officers and an Officer-Involved Shooting occurred the release read Shriner was struck by gunfire and fled into her residence She later exited and was taken into custody She was disclosed Wednesday after posting a million bond according to publicly available records She is due in court on April CNN has reached out to representatives for Jillian Shriner and Weezer for comment A representative with the LAPD was unable to confirm why Shriner was holding a gun at the time given she had no apparent connection to the hit-and-run police were responding to Police recovered a -millimeter firearm from the home according to the release No officers or other people were injured during the development Related Articles Ivanka Trump nixes Don Jr s new flame from Tiffany baby shower pics Blake Lively feels regret over Justin Baldoni legal drama document Meghan Markle s scary postpartum problem sparks lots of questions Former Oakland A s pitcher Octavio Dotel killed in nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic Stars at Breakthrough Prize buoy Silicon Valley moguls who embraced Trump In video captured by CNN affiliate KCBS KCAL two women were seen walking out of a home to the street with their hands up Later on one of the women inferred to be Shriner is seen laying face down on the ground Police then handcuffed her as other officers stood by In separate aerial footage captured by CNN affiliate KABC the same woman was seen walking slowly as she was assisted by medics to get on an ambulance Jillian Shriner was taken to a local hospital where she was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound One of the male defendants connected to the hit-and-run was detained and subsequently issued by the California Highway Patrol but other two subjects were not located Jillian and Scott Shriner the bassist for the rock band Weezer have been married since Weezer was in recent days added to the Coachella Festival lineup this coming weekend and are scheduled to perform at the Mojave tent on Saturday The-CNN-Wire Cable News Structure Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved
