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Wife of Weezer Bassist Makes First Court Appearance in LAPD Shooting

Jillian Lauren, bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist, makes first court appearance after arrest in LAPD officer-involved shooting.

Jillian Lauren, the bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, made her first court appearance Wednesday in the strange case of the officer-involved LAPD shooting that left her wounded outside her Los Angeles home on April According to the LAPD, Lauren racked her gun and fired it during a standoff with police officers who were in a neighboring yard conducting a search for hit-and-run suspects who had fled the scene of a nearby traffic collision around 3:55 p.m. on April 8. Body-worn camera footage and home surveillance video released by the LAPD last week shows the chaotic scene that led up to the exchange of gunfire.

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