Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren shot by police after ‘pointing handgun at cops’ in chaotic scenes

THE wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner has been shot by police and arrested after pointing a handgun at armed cops.

Jillian Lauren is accused of aiming the weapon at officers who swiftly opened fire and downed the wife in the middle of the street, according to a police press release.

Jillian Lauren was shot by police in the middle of the street on TuesdayJillian Lauren, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has been booked for attempted murder

Cops were quickly alerted to news of a hit-and-run on Tuesday involving three suspects who fled from the scene of a freeway crash, according to an LAPD press release.

As officers searched for the suspects, they found Jillian, 51, stood outside her home holding a handgun.

Police said they yelled at her to drop the gun “numerous times”; – but she refused.