The Los Angeles Police Division have launched a 22-minute video documenting the occasions that led as much as the taking pictures and arrest earlier this month of Jillian Shriner – professionally referred to as Jillian Lauren – spouse of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner.
The video, assembled from bodycam and safety digital camera footage in addition to audio recordings taken from police radio and 911 calls, exhibits a lady recognized by LAPD as Shriner engaged in a standoff with officers. She is informed a number of occasions to drop her weapon earlier than she fires off a shot and the police return fireplace.
The incident occurred because the Freeway Patrol have been engaged within the seek for three hit-and-run suspects who had fled the scene of a visitors accident in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.
“Whereas within the rear yard of that residence, the officers noticed a lady in an adjoining rear yard, armed with a handgun,” says LAPD media officer Alex Chogyoji. “The officers gave Shriner repeated verbal instructions to drop the handgun, nonetheless, she didn’t comply.
“Moments later, Shriner racked the handgun, pointed it on the officers and fired, leading to an officer-involved taking pictures.”
After being struck, Shriner retreated into the residence, the place a second, unidentified individual dialled 911. On the recording of the decision, Shriner may be heard within the background speaking concerning the incident.
“I had my gun, and he mentioned, ‘Put down that gun. Put down that gun,'” she says. “I mentioned, ‘Put down your fucking gun.’ After which he shot me.”
Shriner ultimately emerged from the home and was arrested by officers.
“Investigators recovered a 9amm Glock handgun Shriner was armed with,” says Chogyoji, “in addition to a spent cartridge casing at scene and booked them as proof.”
Pictures of Shriner’s wounds, which weren’t life-threatening, have been additionally shared within the LAPD video. She was later booked in absentia on suspicion of tried homicide and launched on a $1m bond. She is because of seem in courtroom on Wednesday.
Shriner, who married Weezer’s bassist in 2005, is the best-selling writer of two books, Some Women: My Life in a Harem, a memoir about her time as a member of the Prince of Brunei’s harem, and Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, a novel based mostly on in depth interviews with convicted serial killer Samuel Little.
