Jillian Lauren Shriner, 52, a best selling author and former member of Middle Eastern harem, will not do jail time for squeezing off a round at LAPD officers chasing a suspect in an unrelated crime
Best-selling author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner has been spared jail time and ordered to instead enter a two-year mental health program in connection with the charges that came after she fired a gun at LAPD officers who were engaged in a foot chase for a suspect in an unrelated crime, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said.
New York Times best-selling author Jillian Lauren Shriner was shot by the LAPD in April after she fired a gun at officers and refused to drop it despite several commands, police say. She was arrested on attempted murder charges after the wild event in April that unfolded during a chaotic foot pursuit prompted by a three-car freeway crash that led cops to the couple’s Eagle Rock neighborhood in a search for suspects.
The bizarre Hollywood-style action was caught on a neighbor’s surveillance video and posted on X.
🚨 New Video: Police Searching for a Hit and Run Suspect and End Up in a Shootout with Jillian Lauren in Eagle Rock Backyard
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During the foot chase, Shriner, according to police reports, emerged from her home with a .9 millimeter handgun and approached a neighbor’s yard where LAPD officers were about to apprehend one of the three men suspected in the hit-and-run on the freeway. That man, police say, had stripped down to his underwear, jumped into a backyard pool, and was watering plants in an attempt to blend in.
Shriner was sentenced to a report to a two-year mental health program instead of serving jail time as long as she stays sober, despite the serious attempted murder charges she was facing for shooting a firearm at LAPD officers.
“Any violation reported to the court may result in potential termination of the diversion. If she successfully completes the conditions of the diversion, the case will be dismissed by the court,” a spokesperson for the D.A.’s Office said.
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