Jillian Shriner, the wife of the bassist of the beloved '90s rock band Weezer, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Shriner, a best-selling author and the wife of Scott Shriner, was involved in an altercation with the police that resulted in her pointing a gun at police officers and being shot and arrested.
Shriner was arrested on April 8th in Eagle Rock, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, after the police spotted her holding a handgun as they were tracking an unrelated hit-and-run incident.
"As the officers were in the rear yard of that residence, they observed a female, later identified as 51-year-old Jillian Shriner, in the yard of a neighboring residence armed with a handgun," reads the LAPD press release. “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."
“Shriner was struck by gunfire and fled into her residence. She later exited and was taken into custody.”
Medical records state that she was treated in a hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. She was released on Wednesday after posting a 1$ million bond and is due in court on April 30.
More details of the complicated incident
According to the police, before the incident with Shriner, officers were tracking three suspects who allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run. Police claim the suspects fled their vehicles and ran into Shriner's residential neighborhood.
Police were told that one of the suspects was seen near her backyard, leading the police there, where they encountered Shriner with her handgun.
Officers later arrested one of the suspects in the hit-and-run. The two remaining suspects were not found.
Who is Jillian Shriner?
Shriner has published various books under the name Jillian Lauren, including fiction and non-fiction titles like "Pretty: A Novel," and "Behold the Monster," a non-fiction book exploring Shriner's interviews and correspondence with the serial killer Samuel Little.
She married Scott Shriner in 2005. They are the parents of two adopted kids. Weezer is scheduled to perform at Coachella this Saturday.