Wife of Eagles founding member Randy Meisner accidentally shot herself dead

[Mos Eisley]

Bizarre story about Randy Meisner's wife...

The wife of founding Eagles member Randy Meisner accidentally shot herself dead Sunday after a drunken domestic disturbance at the couple's California home, police said.

Lana Rae Meisner, 63, called the cops around 5:30 p.m. to report a drunken man in their Studio City house. Police took a domestic violence report and left without incident.

But Randy Meisner, 69, called police about 90 minutes later, saying his wife had been shot, police said.

His wife died in a closet after a rifle accidentally fired, hitting her in the face or head, a police source told the Daily News. She had tried lifting the gun from a case, but another item in the case hit the trigger and pulled it, police said.

“Based on the evidence at the scene, it appears to be a complete accident,” a police source told the Daily News.

“No foul play whatsoever. There is nothing indicative that it was a murder at all.”

Randy was in another part of the house when the gun went off, police said. The former Eagles bassist has not been charged for any crime.

He was not injured in the fatal accident, but was transported to an undisclosed hospital Monday morning, though his condition was not immediately clear, police said.

"The family is very concerned," a source closer to the Meisner clan said.

"They don't know where he is. He relied upon Lana for everything. It's too early to tell what will happen now."

The couple has three adult children, all of whom live outside of California.

The details of the domestic disturbance are unknown. TMZ reported Randy was "acting erratically" and waving a BB gun, but police did not confirm those details.

The couple had faced bizarre turmoil in the past year. A conservatorship court battle in July revealed Randy Meisner had threatened murder-suicide with an AK-47 while staying at an Encino hospital earlier that year. But he did not have a weapon with him at the time.

The case alleged the one-time Eagle had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

One of his friends, James Newton, said in the case Meisner's wife ignored the star's health problems and battles with substance abuse. She allegedly kept her husband in a "state of near-constant inebriation" while wasting his royalties, according to TMZ.

Lana Meisner stormed out of the courtroom when a judge appointed a temporary guardian for her husband.

The rock star's lawyer said the reports of mental problems were "widely overblown," and Randy told TMZ the couple was "doing great."

Newton said in a statement Monday he "continues to be concerned about Randy," and is "focused on getting him the support he needs."

The shooting comes only weeks after fellow Eagles founder Glenn Frey died from complications of several illnesses.

Meisner told the Daily News Frey's death came as a "complete shock," and said he expected his bandmate to recover. Weeks later, when former Eagles honored Frey in a Grammys performance, Meisner wasn't there.

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[Chard]

Sad chain of events. If BP, suspect he self medicated like lots of people and never got the help he needed. Another Eagle, RIP.