A family has sued for the release of body cam video and other documents as they try to get to the bottom of what really happened when a young man and his grandfather died in an incident involving Will County Sheriff's police.
The lawsuit said Muhammad was shot 10 or more times by sheriff's deputies, and Wells Sr. was also shot multiple times by deputies – including once in the back. The Will County Coroner's office determined both their deaths were homicides, the lawsuit said.
The news release also did not mention that Muhammad was shot in the face multiple times, the lawsuit said. But five months after the incident, the family has not been allowed to view the body camera video, the lawsuit said. The denial as issued despite the fact that the Sheriff's office is not investigating the men's deaths, and the release of the body camera would not interfere with any investigation regardless, the lawsuit said.
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