I will tell you unfortunately your son did not make it. >> Oh god. >> Those are the words a mother never wants to hear. But not this mother >> as she was the one who ended her son's life. Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. On a cold February afternoon in 2024, the quiet of Drew Heights place was shattered. At 1:45 p.m., a witness in apartment 101 looked out her window and saw what she thought was a toy. But the sound that followed was unmistakably real. >> Hang on. Copy that. >> I have female suspect >> in the yard. We think >> where? Over here. >> A gray t-shirt. >> Gray t-shirt. >> No. No. Gray t-shirt. 40 something year old lady. When Columbus police arrived, they found 21-year-old Jiad Hughes lying on the pavement near a red SUV. >> You see her? >> Uh, are you Mom? >> No, my mom's over there. >> Mom was walking right there. >> He's got black shirt on. >> That's fine. >> Okay. >> There's guns in the red vehicle over there. I've not cleared the apartment upstairs yet. >> All right. >> Which apartment is it? >> Columbus place. Jesus Christ. >> Are you Are you involved, man? >> Okay. Can you just stay right there for me? >> Hey, Han. We got one witness here. >> Oh my god. I can't believe he did. >> I don't know. I don't want to see. >> One second. I I need you over here. Okay. >> I don't want to see him like that. >> We need We need you guys We need you guys to stay separated, okay? For now. >> [laughter] >> our dad. >> It'll be all right. >> Thank you. >> I'm going to have you come over here. Okay. Just don't look that way. >> It's okay. [laughter] >> This is the devil. >> I clear [laughter] the clear. >> She killed him. >> Come this way. Don't look back. [laughter] >> How was the bleeding? I don't know if it's outside or I'm going to finish tape as soon as the medics if they're going to pull through or back. >> The police rushed to Jiad's side, desperately working to revive him as Hope hung by a thread. >> Go pick him up. >> Can we find the gunshot? >> Yeah. Upper right shoulder. >> Shoulder right here. Going that way. >> Just watch her while I get my camera going. >> Yeah, just watch her as a suspect. >> This was his mother, 44year-old Laandra Williams. Witnesses said she looked dazed, completely zoned out. Oh god. >> Okay. She got she got oil on her. Is it hot oil? >> No. Please God. What? >> Please God. >> Sir, is he gone? >> I have no idea. I have no idea. >> Just watch her while I get my camera going. >> Oh god. >> Get your What is your first name? >> Laquander Williams. >> What? >> Laandro Williams. >> Can you spell it? >> Please go. Oh god. >> Yeah. No, I told him that >> we have cameras in front of our house. When I came I came home from from work. I work I own a business and my son drove my car today. I asked him how I asked him how where he take my car to cuz I the I got my car fixed this weekend. And he went answer me and I said I I I I said I'm talking to you. I'm talking to you. He went answer me and he don't like my boyfriend. He said I'm going to kill you and your boyfriend. It's we were fighting in my living room. He never meant that to me. And then he he I have a a gun. He has a gun of mine too. Like we always get into it like I don't believe this is happening. Like I can't even cry. Like that's my child. Like you don't know. God have mercy. What in the world is happening in God? >> You don't you don't have any weapons on you. >> What in the world, man? What? [laughter] my whole life. >> I raised him and took care of my kid. Moved from Youngstown to here and we go through hell ever since. >> So that's your son? >> Yes. >> Okay. How old is he? I'm just curious. >> I'm 21. >> He's 21. >> Can you believe the outside? I moved here from Youngtown and we've been through hell ever since. >> [laughter] >> What the we >> Okay, cool. >> Don't let me [laughter] right here. >> Excuse me, sir. Did y'all take my body off the ground yet? >> Oh, yes, ma'am. He's been transported. I don't know. [laughter] >> I don't know anything else. >> I didn't see the ambulance taking. >> Yep. They went They went that way. >> And he was breathing when he left. >> Okay. >> So, that's all I know. >> Jesus. If I know any more, I will tell you. >> He was You said he was breathing. >> Yeah. Yes, he was. Yeah. Yeah. >> Oh my god. What the happened? It's like I don't even care about my own kids. [snorts] >> Why you Why are [laughter] >> Would you be able to tell me any updates on my son? >> Huh? >> Would you be able to tell me any updates on my son? Uh, no, not right now, but we will eventually. Okay, we got to do a couple things before we can do that. Okay. >> It don't feel look look good, right? >> Please, please. I know he didn't mean it neither. I'm his mother. >> Would it make you feel better if you talked to me? >> Yes. >> How do you spell your name? >> C A M. >> You guys been fighting all day? >> No. Mom. >> My mom, she she's crazy, bro. >> Your mom's crazy. >> She's crazy. Like, >> no, it's not funny. Please don't laugh. >> I'm not. >> She always have her episodes and she just start doing too much, hitting people. >> She's like legit crazy. >> How'd she get the gun? >> She got out the car after they were Jiad was cuz she was trying to stab him at first and we were trying to get the this knife away from her. So, Jiad slammed her on the floor and was holding her down cuz she kept trying to hit him. And at first she was trying to come in the house with the gun, but I locked her out the house and I wouldn't open the door. Then she went downstairs and I was telling how he was getting his stuff to leave. And I was telling him, "God, stay in the house. Stay in the house." Cuz I know how she is. But I didn't think she would I didn't think she would shoot her own son. >> All right. You were out here when that happened. >> I was on the balcony. >> Okay. >> Can y'all take her away? >> Who? >> Take her out. >> Oh, yeah. She's your your mom. Yes. >> Yeah. She'll be she'll be gone. >> She killed him. Jesus. No. Jesus. She killed him. She She came in the house, bro. Cuz she was she was mad about her car. I don't even know. It was nothing wrong with this lady's car, bro. >> She came, you know, you know, she be having her episodes, bro. And she came in the house and she was mad about her car. He took the car to his job. >> Did he hit her? [clears throat] >> No. He was trying to keep her from hitting him, bro. He was just holding her back and stuff like that. And she grabbed the knife. And she grabbed the knife and she was trying to stab him. So we was all trying to get the knife off her, get the knife away from her. And J was telling me, "Maya, move. Maya, move." [laughter] And then he slammed her on the floor cuz she wouldn't stop. And after she let her go, he she went downstairs and she went to go grab her gun, but I didn't let her come in the house. I knew she was going to do something. I just didn't know she would take it to that measure and shoot him. Bro, she shot. >> I just I just heard him say, "Ow." And he said it was so crazy, bro, because I just been feeling the need to be close to him. And if he died, bro, it's just I didn't even do what I was supposed to do. [laughter] >> Everybody else, >> he's in the golf in the other golf car, bro. He was He was He was on the floor and he looked breathless, bro. >> All right, hun. Come on out here. >> Let's tell you what's going on. Well, uh, we're not at the hospital either, so we don't know. Yeah, you're going to be transported down to headquarters. That's where you're going to talk to. >> Thank you very much. >> Laandra was taken to the police station for questioning as officers tried to piece together what really happened. >> Hello. >> Yeah, but I don't want to go to the bathroom till you tell me about my son. >> Okay. Well, we're going to talk about go through some paperwork and everything before we can go through all that. Tell me if he's alive or not. >> Well, I'm still waiting for an update from the people. We got people at the hospital, so we're waiting for an update from them. We're going to redo your rights. Have you ever had the right before? It says, "Before we ask you any questions, you must understand your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions." 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 I walked back to 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 living room, which was something where he never ever ever done. And we have had arguments, but he never ever put his hands on me. Ever. >> 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 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. >> But yet, I don't take responsibility. That's [clears throat] 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 didn't know if he had a gun on him or not. You know, like that's the gun that I gave to him. He kept walking up and that's when I pointed it at him. Back in the house. >> Why did you get the knife out? >> Because it kept he grabbed me up and threw me down. Threw me down on the ground. I kept trying to get him off of me. My kids were trying to get him off of him. Like he wouldn't get off of me. >> Mhm. >> So why wouldn't they let you back in the house if they were calling the police? Cuz I I dang it. My gun is outside. >> Okay. [clears throat] >> Yeah. >> 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? >> So, 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. >> So, at that point, it seemed like he was leaving and the fight was over. >> He was He's stronger than I am. I'm going to I I even the the the the grease. I threw the grease at him cuz he's on me. >> Mhm. What did he say to you after you shot him? He [snorts] 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 [clears throat] 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 the thing. Yo, I shot my son. >> I will tell you, unfortunately, your son did not make it. >> Oh my god. >> I'm so I'm so sorry. >> What? [clears throat] >> They worked on him for at least close to an hour. Lauandra finally understood what had happened to her son, and a cold dread gripped her at the consequences she now faced. >> Take me. You can take me. I don't deserve that. He didn't either. Yo, hold up. >> 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. Tell the truth cuz 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 have to lie. 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 had to live with this. [laughter] You know what I'm saying? >> 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. >> Do you have any more questions for us? Well, we got some paperwork to write up and then we'll get back to you and get you on your way. >> On my way? What? I'm going No, I'm going I'm going to jail. What do you mean? >> That's on your way. >> That's what I mean. >> They're going to take you down to Fairville County Jail here in a little bit when we get the paperwork done. [laughter] >> And then we meet with the prosecutors tomorrow and they'll decide on official charges tomorrow morning. [laughter] Oh. >> [laughter] >> In August 2024, Laandra Williams faced the consequences of that afternoon. To avoid a trial for aggravated murder, she pleaded guilty to murder and felonious assault. A mother's anger, a son's life, and a family forever destroyed over the keys to a car. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.