Los Angeles police have launched video from the capturing of writer Jillian Lauren, the spouse of a Weezer band member, throughout a chaotic yard confrontation that culminated in a volley of gunfire.
Lauren’s wounds weren’t life-threatening within the April 8 capturing within the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Eagle Rock, the place the 51-year-old spouse of Weezer base participant Scott Shriner emerged from her dwelling with a gun as metropolis police and the California Freeway Patrol searched the realm for 3 individuals who fled a automotive wreck.
In a separate phase of silent surveillance video from Jillian Lauren’s yard, Lauren may be seen exiting the house barefoot and carrying a pistol in her proper hand.
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Lauren — listed by police as Jillian Lauren Shriner — was launched on a US$1 million bond on suspicion of tried homicide pending additional investigation. She is scheduled to seem in court docket this week.
Police on Friday launched excerpts from police physique digicam video, surveillance video and audio of 911 dispatch conversations. The video clips present officers peering over a excessive wood fence right into a yard and shouting over the noise of an overhead surveillance helicopter at a lady to place down her gun or danger getting shot. The fence obscures from these physique cameras what’s on the opposite aspect.
Scott Shriner and Jillian Lauren attend the 2015 Moth Ball at Capitale on Might 12, 2015 in New York Metropolis.
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“Ma’am, we’re making an attempt that can assist you. Put the gun down,” a voice says. “You’re going to get shot. It’s the police.”
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An officer signifies that the lady has cocked a gun — “Oh, she racked it” — instantly earlier than the sound of at the very least six photographs rings out.
In a separate phase of silent surveillance video from Lauren’s yard, Lauren may be seen exiting the house barefoot and carrying a pistol in her proper hand. One other phase reveals Lauren from behind, apparently elevating a gun that’s briefly seen. Filth kicks up close to Lauren’s toes, and he or she turns and walks towards a doorway to the home.
Additional bodycam video reveals Lauren mendacity susceptible in the midst of a residential street as police place handcuffs behind her again, whereas noting that she has a wound on her arm.
Lauren’s printed works embody two bestselling memoirs — 2010s Some Women: My Life in a Harem and 2015’s The whole lot You Ever Wished.
Weezer is a Los Angeles-based band, beloved particularly for his or her 1994 report unofficially referred to as the “Blue Album” with songs together with “Say It Ain’t So.” Shriner joined the band within the early 2000s.
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