Yo, I shot my son. Jesus Christ. I dropped the gun. That's why. Okay. And what's the charges again? Oh, Jesus Christ. It's 2:00 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio, where, get this, a mother has just allegedly attacked her son with a knife and a gun over an argument about a car. Okay. All right. Go ahead and get both. What is it? Okay, I'll get you guys. Thank you, sir. What's going on? I know. I can't. Okay, give us a second. Let's put some gloves on here and then we'll we'll help you down the stairs here. Do you know anything about We're We're literally not even on this precinct. We showed up from somewhere else in the city just to do a search on you. That's all. Oh my god. Cuz there's no other females here. Here, let me help you down. Stand up. Watch your head. Yep. 641 channel. Iowa trailer. I dropped the gun. That's what Okay, that's pants. I don't think there are pants. You got pockets in these ones? Yeah, there's nothing in it. It's compression pants. I don't see a pocket, honey. It might be one. I got it. I've got it. Police identify the suspect seen here as 44year-old Laandra Williams, who police said tried to stab her 21-year-old son, Jiad Hughes, before firing a gun at him, ultimately killing him. That's her actual 40. Yes, she had a knife right there. I took that off of her right when I got her. Oh my god. Keys. You guys got like a small envelope or anything? I do. Maybe put these in. Put them separate. Yeah, I would separate those. Mhm. There might be some glue or something. Spread your feet apart. Luandra is seated in a police van out of sight of cameras, but she can be heard on the vehicle's dash cam trying to explain her side of the story. Let's listen in. I came home from work from work. I own a business. my son drove my car today and I asked him how I asked him how where did he take my car from I got my car this weekend and he went answer me and I said I I I said I'm talking to you I'm talking to you he went answer me and he don't like my I'm going to kill you in a fight in my he never been to me and then he I have a gun he have a gun in mine too like we always been like I don't believe this Like I can't even cry. Like that's my child. Like you don't know. God, man. What in the world is happening? What in the world? Oh god. You don't know. Oh my god. You don't You don't have What in the world, man? What? [Music] I raised him. I took care of my kid. Move from now to here and we go to hell. First responders found Jiad nearby suffering from an apparent gunshot wound that prosecutors would later say came from his mom shooting him in the back as he was trying to leave their apartment. Next, Lacoandra is ushered into an interview room where detectives have plenty of questions for her. Now, I know there were some arguments that went on today that somehow led up to all this. Can you tell me what happened? Um, so I was leaving my I came home early in between my two clients and J used my car and I asked him where he took my car at cuz he took my car to like at the shop and left it there and I said, "Well, did you leave how long did you leave it there and what what did they do? My car is not riding away. I just got my car fixed." So he wouldn't answer me. So I walked back in the room and I went back into the living room where he was at and he he got up to he got up to like grab his stuff and I said, "I'm talking to you. Answer me." And so I threw a glass, but I it went over to his head like a candle, but it went over his head. It didn't touch him. And then he grabbed me up and threw me in the li, which something he never ever ever done. M and we have had arguments, but he never ever put his hands on me ever. And I was trying to get him off of me. I was getting a knife because I ain't know like he's stronger than I am. Way stronger than my I know. And I am like, you know, that's Yeah. A lot. It was tussle in the kitchen. I went outside cuz he carried a gun. He carried one of my other guns. I went outside and got a gun because I didn't want him to hurt me. Mhm. But yeah, I'll take responsibility. That's my child. I don't want nothing to happen to any of my kids. Well, how did things go down outside? He started walking up to me. I ain't know if he had a gun on him or not. You know, like that's the gun that I gave to him. So cuz he where he work at but like I didn't know he kept walking up and that's when I pointed it at y'all that's my son. I ain't never Luandra tells detectives the two were in a heated argument before she says her son attacked her. But detectives aren't exactly buying her story. He never ever had done that to me. you see in my house like threw me around squeezing me up like I'm going to kill you and your boyfriend. I don't even know why he was saying that he would kill me and my boyfriend. Like that's not even my boyfriend. That's just somebody that comes over my house. He never say that to me. Did you see a gun on him today? But I No. Did he threaten you with a gun? Did he say he was going to get his gun? I didn't see it at all. I just But did he never mentioned it? room. You just assume cuz you gave him one a while back that he had it with him. He carried it with him everywhere you go. He leave it up. He You know that's that's You shouldn't have went this for y'all. But you didn't see it today and he never made mention of it today. I think he was. Okay. I don't have nothing to say. That's my next detectives reveal they might know more than they're letting on. So well you interviewed the other your other daughters there too. Yeah, they were there. Okay. And they said that that the fight was over. You were upset because of the keys that or the car wasn't working right or something like that. Right. They were in their room when it first started, right? They did say that. You can check our text messages. I had already you could text his text message. I had already text him about the car already and he said, "I'm not going to do this with you. I'm He say if you be on drama, I'm going to leave. I just was asking him like, "Why did you take my car over there and leave it there?" Cuz like he repro cars for somebody. Mhm. So he took your car and left it there to get fixed something. No, he took my car over to the place where there him and his friend him and the pastor son. They he owned a car lot and they was repoing the car early this morning. Um I don't have nothing. So hi. I ain't lying. No, that's fine. So when he came back out of the house, how long were you sitting outside? I don't know, maybe like 4 minutes or something like that. When he came out? Yeah. Cuz I kept trying to tell them to throw my phone out and the keys so I can leave. Mhm. But they like, "No, we're calling the police. We're calling the police." And I knew he was going to leave before the police got there because I was going to press charges on cuz like he never done that to me before. So why wouldn't they let you back in the house if they were calling the police? Cuz I they knew my gun is outside. Okay. Yeah. Did you tell them you were going out to get it? They already knew I was going outside. Yeah. But did they know you were going to get the gun? No, I didn't say that. Yeah, I don't think so. But it was I don't know. I don't But I guess what I'm asking is if if he was the aggressor, why did the girls lock you out and not let you back in? Because they know to separate us. They know to separate. Do you guys fight regular? Yeah. Yeah. Red put his hands on me before, but we get into it a lot. A lot. A whole lot. Verbally or physical? It's always verbally. It's never been physical. This is the first physical time. So when when you came out and you saw him walking out, did he have his bags with him? Mhm. Did that make you mad or not? They he was leaving. I didn't even think I I didn't know. I don't even know. And I look and I checked him after it happened. I checked everything to see if he I he had a gun on me. He had his gun on me. I said, "Oh my god." I touch I touched I touched I help wrap him up in the coke. Mhm. I thought So if you didn't see the gun, he didn't threaten you with a gun, why'd you pull the trigger? I mean, what were you thinking at that point? That he was going to keep going at keep coming after me. Keep keep going. Did he have his bags with him like he was leaving? Yeah, he had his bag with me. It was like he was leaving. He was laughing. Yeah. So at that point, it seemed like he was leaving and the fight was over. Mhm. No. Were you just really mad by that point? I wasn't mad. I just I thought you have a gun on. He always have it on him. Like I don't know what transpired to be between him saying I'm going to kill you and your boyfriend to to make it bigger than like. Moments later, investigators try to get a better understanding of why Lacoandra pulled the trigger. And by the way, what do the body cams that we cover prove? Maybe that the world is unpredictable. And I'll tell you what, with that in mind, having a great lawyer matters. And that is where our great partner and sponsor, Morgan and Morgan, comes in. This is a firm with over a thousand attorneys. You know why they have so many? Because they win a lot. In the past few months, Morgan and Morgan secured a $9.3 million verdict for a car crash victim in Florida. A 5.6 6 million verdict for another car accident victim in Atlanta. And not to mention $1.8 million in Kentucky after insurance offered them a mere $5,000 in that case. 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They didn't have time to get their stories together cuz I was still upstairs when the officers got there. So they didn't have time to get together and saying I I'm not saying that. I don't remember. Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. It was all off fast. Okay. Did you say something like I'm going to show you something? Probably. I don't know. I'm not going to say I didn't say it cuz I don't know cuz it all fast and a whole bunch of emotions going on. So, what happened inside when you guys were fighting? Did the girls get involved at all at any point? Yeah, they were trying to They were telling him to stop. Stop. They were saying stop so she can stop. Stop so she can stop. But he wouldn't stop. They said they were trying to take the knife away from you because he was Yeah, he was He's stronger than I am. Mhm. I'm going to I I even the the the the the grease. I threw the grease at him cuz he's on me. Mhm. I can't get I mean, we're going off of what they're telling us. It's okay. And it it sounded the way that they described things, aggressive. Yeah. And I mean, did you ever hit them when they was like little or or even somebody last year? Um well again not last year but the year before that well graduation time maybe. Yeah. I was always a very aggressive parent so they wouldn't do wrong and stuff but so yeah I can understand why they say that cuz they said part of what was going on with Jahad tonight was that he just said he was done. He's tired of getting Yeah. But tired of getting hit. Yeah. I don't I haven't Look how big he is compared to me. I can't hit him with nothing. I threw a candle at the wall over him. It didn't even touch him. But yeah, I can understand them saying that I was a good I have been a very very strong disciplinary when and that's not a good thing. They always talk to me about that like mom uh when you used to whoop us a lot when we used to do stuff and they say that to me all the time. So that's why I don't even whoop my grandson no more. But I just was trying to talk to him and he ignoring me. It's my car. I drive to work. The the wheel bearing had to get fixed. The wheel bearing got fixed on Sunday or Saturday. It was s Saturday and I didn't want it to get fixed no more. That was like $500 that I had to pay. And I said, "Why where you leave my car at? Why would you leave my car somewhere on Sullivan Avenue?" You know, that's what that's where it was at. That's You heard that right. Witnesses told detectives that Laandra allegedly said, quote, "I'm going to show you something just seconds before going to retrieve her firearm." Every time I said you fire, only once. How close do you think you were? I don't know how close I was. Probably between me and you. So, fairly close. Mhm. Not from like across the parking lot or Mm-m. And what did you say he was doing when you when you shot him? He was walking towards me. He was like, um, what did he say? He was walking towards me. He said something to me. I want to say he he said, "You're not going to do anything." And then Were you pointing the gun at him at that point? Mm- Did you have it out? I had it in my hand so he could see it. Yeah, but I didn't know what he had in his hand. I didn't even look. What you said? Cuz I didn't I didn't even have no I didn't have my glasses on. How many bags was he carrying? I know he had a book bag on his back. Mhm. And he had a white bag cuz that was on the ground when when that happened. But like how did he have two hands on it? One hand on it when he was walking towards you? Mhm. Do you have anything else in his hands? Keys, phone? Yeah. Keys, phone. He had them in his hands. Mhm. I the reason I said keys of bone because I was on the flute ground when he What did he say to you after you shot him? He said, "Oh my, you shot me." And I said, "Oh my god, you're hot." And then I turned him I took his I took uh the book bag off his back. I put pressure on it. I took the clothes and start trying to wrap him into it. And then he started vomiting and my daughter was screaming. We was holding his name. Yo, I shot my son. Jesus Christ. So, going back to the house real quick. When you grab the knife in the house, how it didn't stop him. It didn't stop. But did he take the gun knife away from you or he was uh they all was trying to take they all was trying All three of them were okay. He was trying to take the knife away from you. But he was like cuz he had me choking me. He slammed you in the ground. Yeah. The girl said he slammed you but it was to get the knife away from you. He told they said that he told them to back off so they didn't get hurt. So let me ask you a question then. If he had the gun, why would he let you come at him with a knife? is a spider. He not worried about no knife. Okay. But why would the girl say that you were the aggressor with the knife in the house and he was trying to get it away from you? I mean, like I said, we we we interviewed them separately. They didn't switch it up. Yeah. They didn't have a chance to talk on me. I didn't want him to be choking me. I didn't want him to be slamming me. So, that's why I got a knife cuz he's big. Look how big he is compared to me. M muscle ear. Um, they said you pulled the earphones out of his head. Did you do that? He has got earphones of his head cuz he wasn't listening to you or paying attention to you. That's not true. I grabbed him while he grabbed me and I grabbed him because you know like you coming at me. I'm going to grab you. You're man. You're a man. You coming at me. I'm going to grab you by your face to try to you know I can't tussle with you. That's Well, they said that he was ignoring you with his ear pods in. That's not true. Snatched him out of his ear. They wasn't even there when it first started. Okay. Well, I'm just saying it's okay. They That's That's what they're telling us. So, we can go on as well. It's okay. They didn't have a chance to get a story together. I didn't say they didn't. It's okay. They was They wasn't in their rooms when it first started, but it's okay. Okay. Soon enough, one detective reveals the tragic reality of the situation. I will tell you, unfortunately, your son did not make it. Oh, I'm so I'm so sorry. Oh, what? They worked on him for at least close to an hour. Take me. But he didn't survive his injuries. Take me. You can take me. I don't deserve it. He didn't either. Yo. Well, I think you need to do his name justice. And I know that that's not true that he was attacking you. Yes, he did. Yes, he did. It's okay. It's okay. I want you to tell the truth. I I I only want the truth. I don't want you to say something just cuz it's not true. But I don't want to lie. I don't have to lie. I'm not going to say nothing that's not true. Like I have to live with this. You know what I'm saying? But I think you're angry though. I think you're angry cuz we all get angry at times. I mean, it's like we both have kids. We know how frustration it is to try to get through, but um I think unfortunately that you probably were angry and the pressure probably got to you. Yeah, but I y'all I'm so sorry, [Music] y'all. And I know I'm sorry, y'all. Tell them I'm sorry. My I was so angry cuz he don't listen to nothing I say. Like you know what I'm saying? Like I be working hard, working, working, working hard. And he don't even he work at a car lot. He worked at a car lot. And I said, "Jai, yesterday I said to if I was to die today, you wouldn't even get the inheritance that you supposed to get cuz I put money with the neighbor. You wouldn't even get it because you're not even doing what you supposed to do." You know, everybody else like I was just so angry with him. But like y'all, I didn't mean to do that. Like I'm serious. And it No, like my whole I was supposed to be buying a house. Mhm. It's a lot of pressure. You're doing a business. You're trying to raise kids by myself. Like I've been doing it since I came here from Yakan in 2012. And I have no support, y'all. No. I go do stuff with them all the time. Like, yo, I'm so sorry. No. No. I'm I I know the pressures and I feel like that's what happened to me. I feel like you just snapped cuz you just got so angry and everything. No, y'all. What? Y'all said he gone for real. No, I killed my son. Oh no. Mm- I'm not going to leave you. And I kind of figured something was going to come when nobody talk to me while I was out there. I'm like, tell me what's going on. Are you sure that he passed away? Yeah. I'm sorry. [Music] They're going to go ahead and take you down now. You're going to go to your ID. Go to your ID unit and then you'll go down to the fair. And I don't think they need that one. Okay. And what's the charges again? Oh, Lacoan was charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault. Court records show she later accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to the charges. The 44year-old was sentenced to 18 years to life behind bars.