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Jillian Lauren Breaks Silence on LAPD Shooting, Cites Self-Defense and PTSD

Her first in-depth interview coincides with a two-year mental-health diversion that could dismiss the charges.

Overview

  • In a Dec. 20 Rolling Stone interview, the author says she acted to protect her family and describes her PTSD as central to her response.
  • Police say she pointed and fired a handgun during an April manhunt in Eagle Rock; officers returned fire, striking her in the arm, and arrested her.
  • After an initial booking on suspicion of attempted murder, prosecutors charged her with assault with a semiautomatic firearm and negligent discharge of a weapon.
  • A judge approved a two-year diversion requiring counseling and random testing, and successful completion could lead to the case being dismissed while it remains technically open.
  • She filed for divorce from Weezer bassist Scott Shriner on Dec. 2, and publicly released body-cam and home-surveillance footage from the incident continues to frame differing accounts of the gunfire.