Weezer Bassist’s Wife Shot By Cops, Booked for Attempted Murder

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A three-car crash led Los Angeles police to chase down a suspect in his underwear before shooting a woman married to Weezer’s bassist in a wild twist.

Jillian Shriner, 51, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot by police in a strange story that now sees her facing charges of attempted murder.

The bizarre story was released by the LAPD and began on April 8 in the Eagle Rock neighborhood, in the eastbound lanes of the 134 Freeway. California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a three-car crash, in which three men fled the freeway on foot. The highway patrol officers called L.A. police for backup.

One of the suspects took off into the residential area, stripping down to his boxers and jumping into a resident’s pool. He then watered their garden in an attempt to look as though he belonged there.

While searching yards in the area for the suspect, Jillian Shriner is said to have emerged from her home next door, armed with a gun. According to police, Shriner refused multiple orders to drop the firearm, and then aimed the weapon at officers, prompting them to open fire. Shriner was struck in the shoulder, and ran back into her house.

During this time, police located and arrested the suspect nearby who had fled the scene on the freeway. Shriner and another woman, reportedly her child’s babysitter, came back out of the house a short time later with their hands up. Police took both women into custody.

Police told KTLA 5 News that both women were questioned and later released. However, in their news release on Wednesday, officials said the Weezer’s bassist’s wife Jill Shriner was booked absentee for attempted murder. A 9mm handgun was also recovered from her home.

Shriner was reportedly taken by medical personnel with the L.A. Fire Department in an ambulance to the hospital, where she was treated for a non-threatening gunshot wound.

No officers or other community members were injured during the incident, police said. The other two men who fled the initial crash scene are still at large.

Scott Shriner has been Weezer’s bassist since 2001 and has recorded 12 albums with them. Weezer is scheduled to perform at Coachella this weekend and next, a last-minute addition after several artists were forced to back out.

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