LA police shoot bestselling N.J. author, wife of Weezer bassist, book her for attempted murder

Bestselling author Jillian Lauren Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has been shot by police in Los Angeles and accused of murder.

The Los Angeles Police Department reports that Shriner, the true crime writer, memoirist and novelist from New Jersey known as Jillian Lauren, was shot by police after she pointed a gun at officers.

The report says that police had responded to a call for backup from the California Highway Patrol at about 3:25 p.m. Tuesday to assist with the search for hit-and-run suspects who had fled into a residential neighborhood after a three-car accident.

They converged on a house where they spotted one of the suspects.

Officers said they found Shriner, 51, in her nearby yard holding a gun.

According to the report, after police shot Shriner, she ran into her home. Officers detained her and paramedics took her to a hospital where she was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Police seized her 9-millimeter gun.

Police say Shriner was not involved in the hit-and-run they were investigating (one suspect was detained, then released), but she was “absentee” booked for attempted murder.

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