An already bizarre story involving a crash on a Los Angeles freeway that unleashed a manhunt, the arrest of a man in his underwear and an uninvolved woman getting shot by police just got a little weirder.
Jillian Shriner, 51, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was the “uninvolved” woman shot by police and now faces charges of attempted murder, according to an LAPD news release.
The April 8 incident began in eastbound lanes of the 134 Freeway, west of Figueroa Street in Eagle Rock, at around 3 p.m.
California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a three-car crash, in which three males in one of the involved vehicles fled the freeway on foot, prompting CHP to call L.A. police for backup.
One of the suspects, who was chased off the freeway by a brother and sister that witnessed the crash, got into the Eagle Rock neighborhood, stripped down to his boxers, jumped in a resident’s pool and watered their garden in an attempt to blend in.
Authorities are seen in Eagle Rock after a three-vehicle traffic collision on a nearby freeway and reports of shots fired led to a manhunt in the neighborhood. April 2025. (Sky5)
A crash on the 134 Freeway prompted a manhunt and the arrest of a man and two women in Eagle Rock on April 8, 2025. (KTLA)
A crash on the 134 Freeway prompted a manhunt and the arrest of a man and two women in Eagle Rock on April 8, 2025. (KTLA)
A crash on the 134 Freeway prompted a manhunt and the arrest of a man and two women in Eagle Rock on April 8, 2025. (KTLA)
Pictured here is the aftermath of a three-vehicle traffic collision on the 134 Freeway that led to a manhunt and reports of shots fired in Eagle Rock. April 2025. (Sky5)
Pictured here is the aftermath of a three-vehicle traffic collision on the 134 Freeway that led to a manhunt and reports of shots fired in Eagle Rock. April 2025. (Sky5)
One of at least two suspects is seen being detained after fleeing a three-vehicle crash on the 134 Freeway, thus initiating a manhunt in Eagle Rock. April 2025. (Sky5)
A crash on the 134 Freeway prompted a manhunt and the arrest of a man and two women in Eagle Rock on April 8, 2025. (KTLA)
While police were searching backyards for that suspect in the area of Eagle Vista Drive and Waldo Place, the bassist’s wife allegedly emerged from her home next door armed with a gun.
Police said Shriner refused multiple orders to drop the firearm before pointing it at officers, prompting them to open fire. The 51-year-old was struck in the shoulder by police gunfire and retreated into her home.
Meanwhile, Sky5 was over the scene when the suspect in his underwear was captured, cuffed and arrested.
Shortly after that, Sky5 caught aerial footage of Shriner and another woman, reportedly her child’s babysitter, coming out of the residence in the 1200 block of Eagle Vista Drive with their hands up. The two women were ordered to walk down the driveway and told to lay in the street while police took them both into custody.
Medical personnel with the L.A. Fire Department who were on standby put the 51-year-old into an ambulance and took her to the hospital where she was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said.
Police, on Tuesday evening, told KTLA that both Shriner and the babysitter were questioned and later released. In Wednesday’s news release, officials said she was booked absentee for attempted murder and that a 9mm handgun was recovered from the residence.
The other two male suspects who allegedly fled the scene of the crash on the 134 Freeway are still at large.
No officers or other community members were injured during the incident, police added.
Bassist Scott Shriner has recorded 12 studio albums since joining Weezer in 2001. The band is scheduled to perform at Coachella this year.
