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Jillian Lauren, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has been charged with attempted murder following a bizarre incident in Los Angeles. 

Lauren, 51, was shot by cops on April 8 after she got involved in a police chase that began following a hit-and-run on the 134 freeway in LA’s Eagle Rock neighborhood, according to a press release from the Los Angeles Police Department. After the accident, which happened around 3:25 p.m., three suspects fled into a residential neighborhood. 

Police tracked one suspect to the rear of a residence. As the officers were in the backyard, Lauren – who is also known as Jillian Shriner – was seen in the backyard of her house next door, armed with a gun. The officers ordered her to drop the weapon multiple times. She refused, then “pointed the handgun at the officers, and an Officer-Involved Shooting occurred.”

“Shriner was struck by gunfire and fled into her residence,” according to the LAPD. “She later exited and was taken into custody. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics transported Shriner to a local hospital, where she was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.”

Police say Lauren, who was booked for attempted murder, was not involved in the hit-and-run. Officers recovered a 9-millimeter handgun from her home. 

Lauren is the author of several books, including her 2010 memoir Some Girls: My Life In a Harem, which chronicled her experiences as a “guest” of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of the Sultan of Brunei. In 2023, she published a true crime book about murderer Samuel Little, Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer. The 2021 Starz docuseries Confronting a Serial Killer profiled Lauren and her unusual relationship with Little. 

Lauren married Shriner – whose band is scheduled to perform at the Coachella Festival this weekend – in 2005. They have two children.  

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