LAPD shoot armed resident during manhunt for freeway hit-and-run suspect
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A suspected driver is in custody after a hit-and-run on the 134 Freeway led to a manhunt in Eagle Rock and a police shooting that wounded a local resident, authorities said.
Jillian Lauren, an author and the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after police say she fired her gun at officers. She was wounded in the shooting.
A three-vehicle crash occurred on the eastbound 134 Freeway near Figueroa Street around 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to a California Highway Patrol spokesperson. One person was transported to a hospital with moderate injuries, and three others fled the scene, the spokesperson said.
The California Highway Patrol then requested backup from the Los Angeles Police Department as authorities searched for the suspects by ground and air, according to the LAPD.
LAPD officers responded to the 1200 block of Eagle Vista Drive and found a woman armed with a gun in the backyard. After police officials say the woman ignored multiple commands to drop her weapon, officers shot her. She was later transported to the hospital for treatment.
According to reporting from CBS News, the woman had opened fire when one of the hit-and-run suspects broke into her home.
KTLA helicopters captured video of two women, including the one who was shot, exiting the Eagle Vista Drive home with their hands raised, shortly before 5 p.m. They were ordered onto the street and then detained by officers, the news station reported.
Police later determined the woman they shot in the backyard was a resident and said she was treated for her injuries.
The California Highway Patrol, meanwhile, took the suspected driver into custody around 4:20 p.m. after he was found in the backyard of a nearby home stripped down to his boxers, said agency spokesperson Daniel Keene. The man was seen by news helicopters taking off his clothes, jumping in the pool and watering the backyard plants in what appeared to be an attempt to blend into the neighborhood, according to KTLA.
The man was booked for felony hit and run and his identity was not immediately available, said Keene.
The three-vehicle crash snarled traffic and closed several eastbound lanes on the 134 Freeway on Tuesday afternoon and evening. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday all lanes had reopened, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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