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Jul 22, 2024 · By Mirna Alsharif. Authorities released body camera footage Monday of Sonya Massey 's final moments before she was fatally shot by law enforcement at her home in Springfield, Illinois. Massey, 36 ...
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Jul 23, 2024 · On Monday, Illinois State Police released bodycam footage that shows the officers shouting at Ms Massey to put down a pot of boiling water as they point their pistols at her. The incident in the ...
Jul 23, 2024 · New bodycam footage shows the final moments of a woman who called police over a suspected intruder before she was shot in the head by an officer.
On July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old black woman, was shot and killed in her home by Sean Grayson, a white deputy of the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office in Woodside Township near Springfield, Illinois, United States. [2][3][4] Massey called 911 about a possible prowler. Grayson and an unidentified deputy responded and found nothing ...
Jul 23, 2024 · Grayson, who was fired last week, is being held in the Sangamon County Jail without bond. If convicted, he faces prison sentences of 45 years to life for murder, 6 to 30 years for battery and 2 to ...
Jul 22, 2024 · RELATED: On July 6, at 12:50 a.m. Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call in the 2800 block of Hoover Avenue in Springfield. During the incident, Sonya Massey, 36, was shot and later pronounced deceased at an area hospital. On July 17, former Sheriff Deputy Sean Grayson was charged with three counts of first-degree murder ...
Jul 23, 2024 · Bland died in a Texas jail cell in 2015. Her death and the more recent killings of Breonna Taylor in 2020 and Massey this year are a stark reminder of the threats Black women face when they encounter law enforcement. In Massey’s case, it also highlights broader questions about how the government uses police officers for public safety.
