The wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner was arrested for attempted murder after police shot her during a hit-and-run manhunt on April 8. Jillian Lauren, an author, was not involved in the hit-and-run, per a press release from the Los Angeles Police Department. But when police chased one of the suspects into her neighborhood, she allegedly came outside holding a handgun. “The officers ordered [Lauren] to drop the handgun numerous times; she refused,” according to the press release. Police said Lauren then pointed the gun at the officers, prompting them to shoot her. She first went back into her house before emerging and being taken to the hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Lauren has been charged with attempted murder, and police recovered a nine-millimeter handgun from her house. CNN reported she was released on a $1 million bond on April 9.
Shriner, a member of Weezer since 2001, married Lauren in 2005. In 2010, she published the best-selling Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, a memoir of her time as a “guest” of the Prince of Brunei. She also wrote the 2011 novel Pretty, the 2015 memoir Everything You Ever Wanted, and the 2023 true-crime book Behold the Monster. Weezer is set to perform at Coachella on April 12 after recently being added to the lineup.
