Shocking moment captured on bodycam as police shoot Weezer bassist’s wife in LA backyard

Freshly released footage from body cameras reveals shocking information about the incident where Jillian Lauren, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot by police in their backyard in Los Angeles.

The 51-year-old Lauren sustained a gunshot wound in her arm and was later taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder. It is alleged that she pointed a weapon and fired at officers whom she mistakenly believed were armed criminals on her property earlier in the month.

Law enforcement had arrived at the Eagle Rock location in response to reports of a hit-and-run suspect in the vicinity. The suspect was said to have disrobed to his boxer shorts and leaped into a resident’s pool in a peculiar effort to evade capture.

While searching for the suspect, authorities encountered the 90s rock star’s armed wife and the situation rapidly escalated into a shootout.  

On Friday, LAPD released bits of bodycam and security footage, as well as audio clips from 911 calls pertaining to the incident.   

The bombshell evidence shows LAPD officers approaching her home after being tipped off that a crime suspect had snuck into the yard.

Officers were then seen peering over a fence into the property as Lauren entered the area bearing a handgun, as captured on home surveillance video. 

The LAPD unveiled three different angles of body-worn camera footage, documenting the chaotic moments leading up to shots being fired.  

‘Put the gun down!’ one cop was heard shouting. The command was allegedly refused by Lauren – who recently went public about her ongoing cancer battle – multiple times.

‘Ma’am! We’re trying to help you!’ one of the officers frantically warned.  

‘Drop the gun! You’re going to get shot! You’re going to get shot, it’s the police!’ 

After several tense minutes of the police officers urging Lauren to drop her weapon, one of the cops indicated she may be getting ready to shoot. 

‘Hey, she just pointed it. Not at us but she lifted it up,’ he said. 

Footage from Lauren’s yard allegedly shows her raising her weapon, firing at cops and walking into her home after she got hit by a bullet. 

Shortly after the heated encounter, police reportedly received a 911 call from one of Lauren’s neighbors, who she was with at the time. 

The phone call indicated she believed the three policemen were men were the hit-and-run suspects. 

‘There were three men, she says there were three men and one of them shot her and the cops are looking for him right now,’ the neighbor explained to the 911 operator. 

‘They have their guns out and like, I don’t know if they found him yet or not, but they told me to not look out the window.’

Lauren then chimed in and explained the incident from her perspective: ‘I had my gun, and he said put down that gun, put down that gun. 

‘I said put down your f**king gun. And then he shot me.’

About an hour after the ordeal, Lauren walked outside and was confronted by police officers. 

Body-worn video shows Lauren sprawled out in the middle of the road as cops handcuffed her and noticed she was shot. 

She was taken to the hospital to treat the non-fatal wound and cops confirmed Lauren was not involved in the original hit-and-run. 

Lauren was charged for firing at the police, but she was later released from custody after posting her $1 million bail. 

She is due back in court on April 30, according to LAPD.

The suspect cops were initially looking for was detained by California Highway Patrol officers, cited and released, shortly after Lauren’s arrest.

Meanwhile, the remaining two suspects who fled the multi-car crash remain at large. 

Lauren and Shriner married in 2005 and they have two adopted children together.

Beyond her marriage to Shriner, Lauren has found fame on her own after penning a series of memoirs and true crime books.

She also worked as a crime reporter, and was involved in investigating the serial killer Samuel Little, one of the most prolific murderers in US history.