The authorities in Los Angeles stated on Wednesday that they’d arrested a girl and charged her with tried homicide after she pointed a gun at officers who have been on an unrelated manhunt.
Law enforcement officials have been pursuing the suspects in a hit-and-run case who had fled into the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday. After they arrived in the back of a home the place one of many suspects had final been seen, they noticed a girl armed with a handgun within the yard of a neighboring home, the police stated.
They later recognized her as Jillian Lauren Shriner, 51. Ms. Shriner is an writer and is married to Scott Shriner, who performs bass within the rock band Weezer.
The officers requested Ms. Shriner to drop the weapon quite a few occasions however she refused. The officers shot her when she pointed the gun at them, the L.A.P.D. said in a statement. She went into the home, which the police later discovered was her house, and was taken into custody when she got here out.
The police stated she was handled at a hospital for a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening, and that no different accidents have been reported. Officers discovered a 9-millimeter handgun at her home, the police stated.
Ms. Shriner was charged early Wednesday with tried homicide, with bail set at $1 million, in response to the general public arrest document. She was launched on bond Wednesday night time.
Ms. Shriner has written two best-selling memoirs as Jillian Lauren: “Some Ladies: My Life in a Harem” (2010) and “All the things You Ever Needed” (2015). Her husband is scheduled to perform with Weezer on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant on Saturday.
Ms. Shriner’s supervisor didn’t reply to a request for remark early Thursday.
