Chaos and confusion before Weezer bassist wife was shot in LAPD-released videos

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Body-worn cameras amusement chaos and disorder successful the moments starring up to the serviceman progressive shooting of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife, Jillian Shriner.

In the heated moments earlier Shriner was changeable connected April 8, constabulary officers are seen successful the videos down a gangly obstruction yelling astatine Shriner to enactment down her weapon arsenic large helicopters ellipse overhead. The recently released videos from the LAPD travel 2 weeks aft Shriner was arrested for suspicion of attempted execution of a constabulary officer.

The videos were edited by the LAPD and released Friday.

The compilation of surveillance and body-worn camera videos commencement with LAPD officers arriving successful a Los Angeles country vicinity known arsenic Eagle Rock, searching for a hit-and-run suspect.

The hunt for the hit-and-run fishy stemmed from a multi-car clang that started connected a adjacent freeway. Officers are seen navigating done people’s homes and backyards to find the suspect. While successful the backyard of 1 of these homes, officers spot implicit a obstruction that a pistillate has stepped into her backyard equipped with a handgun. She is identified by the LAPD arsenic Jillian Shriner. Surveillance video posted by the LAPD shows Shriner looking astir her backyard portion carrying a handgun. There is nary audio connected the surveillance video, which is from aggregate angles and appears to beryllium from her home.

Body camera video from constabulary officers amusement them peering implicit a ample woody obstruction yelling astatine Shriner to “put down the gun” repeatedly, portion pointing their guns implicit the apical of the obstruction into her backyard. One serviceman screams, “ma’am we’re trying to assistance you!” Another says, “you’re going to get shot, it’s the police!” An serviceman identifies himself arsenic a California Highway Patrol officer.

A fewer moments later, an serviceman says, “She conscionable pointed it. Not astatine america but she conscionable lifted it up.” Then helium says, “she racked it!” and officers commencement shooting, firing aggregate shots.

Surveillance video that appears to beryllium taken from Shriner’s location shows the infinitesimal she is shot, though it is from a region and the presumption is from down Shriner. In a slowed down and zoomed successful clip that has nary audio, you spot her assistance the weapon with some hands, constituent it and past a fume unreality appears to the close of her body. After the gunfire, Shriner calmly walks backmost into her home. The LAPD says Shriner “was struck by gunfire and fled into her residence.”

The LAPD past played a 9-1-1 telephone placed by an chartless pistillate who was with Shriner aft she was shot. It appears from the call, that some the caller and Shriner believed the hit-and-run fishy was down the obstruction and was the 1 who changeable her. They marque nary notation of constabulary officers firing weapons oregon making commands.

Shortly afterwards, Shriner tin beryllium heard connected the 9-1-1 call, explaining to the dispatcher that she was changeable by the hit-and-run suspect. “I had my gun… and helium said ‘put down that gun, enactment down that gun’ and I said ‘put down your f**king gun.’ And past helium changeable me.”

No officers were injured successful the shooting. Shriner was taken to the infirmary and booked for attempted murder. She was released from custody aft posting bail and is owed successful tribunal connected April 30th.

The LAPD is inactive investigating this incident. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office antecedently said a lawsuit had not been presented to their bureau for filing information and person had nary updates to report. CNN has reached retired to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for comment. CNN has besides reached retired to representatives for Shriner.

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