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Jul 23, 2024 · Sonya Massey should be alive today. That is the message ricocheting across the internet as the killing of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother, by a White sheriff’s deputy in Illinois gains national attention from President Joe Biden, advocates and celebrities following the release of police body camera footage on Monday.
Jul 24, 2024 · FILE – Sonya Massey’s home, the scene of her fatal shooting, stands Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. Prosecutors have charged a sheriff’s deputy with Massey’s murder.
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 24, 2024 · Here is what to know about the case and the events surrounding Massey’s death. What happened on July 6? At about 00:50am (05:50 GMT), two Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call ...
- Al Jazeera Staff
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Jul 22, 2024 · Nation Jul 22, 2024 5:54 PM EDT. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy only seconds before he shot her three times, with one fatal blow to ...
Jul 22, 2024 · 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, was killed July 6 ...
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- Mirna Alsharif
Official misconduct. 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 ...
