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Horrific bodycam footage showed the moment a 21 year-old man stabbed his grandpa in the neck - prompting cops at the scene to shoot both men dead.
Jabbar Muhammad and his grandfather Eldred Wells Sr were both killed in Joliet, Illinois, in November 2021 after deputies from Will County Sheriff's Office were called to reports of Muhammad threatening Wells.
Bodycam footage of the incident has just been released. Muhammad had been released from a mental hospital just hours before the double-killing, after being held there for a week following a suicide attempt.
He experienced another mental health crisis shortly after being freed, which culminated in both his and his grandfather's deaths in a hail of police bullets.
Footage showed the moment deputies entered the home and attempted to convince Muhammad to put down the knife.
As cops advance on Jabbar and urge him to drop the knife, he flies at his grandpa and plunges the blade into the elderly man's neck. Cops then begin firing their guns at both men - and open fire again once the pair are on the floor.
Both men lie unconscious on the floor afterwards. It takes deputies a few minutes to realize that Wells had also been shot. They can later be seen performing CPR in an unsuccessful attempt to revive him. At one point an unidentified relative can be heard coming into the house and screaming with anguish after the shots were fired.
A rock song also blares out of a TV in an adjoining room as the hellish scene unfolds. Wells' family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit over the double-shooting.
Horrific footage showed how the altercation played out minute-by-minute as officers attempted to convince Muhammad to put down his knife
Gunshots fired by officers forced the grandson and his grandpa to the ground while the 21-year-old continued to stab the elderly man multiple times
Officers were called to the Joliet home in November 2021 when a family member reported Jabbar Muhammad (above), 21, was in an argument with Eldred Wells Sr, 70
The newly released bodycam footage from police in the living room with 70-year-old Eldred Wells Sr. (above) and his grandson moments before the 21-year-old leapt to stab him
The incident occurred at the home located at 300 Middletree road on November 6, 2021. Another man can be seen talking on the phone
