Weezer bassist's wife shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

10 April 2025, 05:45 | Updated: 10 April 2025, 09:09

A US author - the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner - has been shot and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

Jillian Lauren, 51, was left with non-life threatening injuries after the shooting in Eagle Rock, northeast Los Angeles, in California, on Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said it had been assisting California Highway Patrol officers in their search for three suspects from a hit-and-run incident.

Lauren was not involved in the hit-and-run but was allegedly holding a handgun while police pursued a suspect through her back garden.

The force said officers ordered her to drop the gun several times, but she refused and pointed it at them.

The LAPD said she was hit by police gunfire and fled into her home, where they took her into custody before taking her to a hospital.

It is unclear if she fired the handgun she was holding.

According to LA County jail records, Lauren is being held on a $1m bail (£777,455).

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She is the author of two bestselling memoirs - 2010's Some Girls: My Life In A Harem and 2015's Everything You Ever Wanted.

Lauren and Shriner married in 2005 and have two children.

Weezer, famous for the songs Buddy Holly and Hash Pipe, is set to play at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday.

There were no immediate responses from representatives for Lauren and Weezer after requests for comment.

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