Jillian Lauren, the spouse of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, pleaded not responsible to felony gun prices following an altercation with police that resulted in her being charged with tried homicide.
Lauren, an writer of best-selling memoirs and true-crime books, has been charged with discharge of a firearm with gross negligence and assault with a semiautomatic firearm. She faces as much as 19 years in federal jail if convicted. In line with the Los Angeles Instances, prosecutors are additionally seeking to apply a firearms sentencing enhancement.
A fast refresher for the uninitiated: on April ninth, officers have been trying to find three suspects allegedly concerned in a hit-and-run once they encountered Lauren wielding a firearm in her yard. As seen in physique cam footage launched by the LAPD, officers repeatedly instructed her to decrease her weapon earlier than she fired at the least one shot. In response, officers fired again, hanging her within the arm, after which Lauren fled again into her residence.
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Lauren remained inside for roughly an hour and known as 911, earlier than ultimately surrendering to the police, who charged her with tried homicide. In line with audio launched by the LAPD, it seems that Lauren believed she was capturing on the hit-and-run suspects, unaware that they have been law enforcement officials.
Lauren is predicted to return to courtroom on June 18th for a preliminary listening to.
