Gunshots heard on video as Los Angeles officers confronted and shot writer, Weezer bassist

Newly launched police video reveals a bestselling writer and spouse of Weezer’s bassist armed with a handgun as she was confronted by Los Angeles Police Division officers looking out her Eagle Rock neighborhood for a trio of hit-and-run suspects earlier this month.

“Put the gun down! Hey, put the gun down,” officers are heard saying within the bodycam video as they seemed over a yard fence and noticed Jillian Lauren Shriner.

“Lay the gun down,” officers yelled repeatedly.

“Ma’am, put the gun down,” one other officer shouted. “Ma’am, we’re attempting that will help you!”

Officers repeatedly recognized themselves as police and advised Shriner she may very well be shot if she doesn’t put the gun down.

One officer is heard within the video saying, “She simply pointed it, not at us, however she simply lifted it up.”

Seconds later, one other officer says, “Oh she racked it.” Gunfire adopted instantly.

The LAPD says two officers fired and wounded Shriner within the shoulder. No officers have been injured.

A minimum of eight gunshots may very well be heard within the recording.

Shriner’s supervisor didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Shriner, 51, was handled at a hospital for a graze wound to the shoulder and booked on suspicion of the tried homicide of a police officer.

Jail data present she posted a $1 million bond and is due in court docket April 30.

As of Friday, no prison fees had been filed by prosecutors, who’re nonetheless reviewing the proof.

Safety video from the Shriner residence, obtained by the LAPD and included within the division’s edited video presentation of the incident, confirmed Shriner rising from her residence with a black pistol in her proper hand.