Body camera video released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield, who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her home by a white sheriff's deputy.
JOHN O'CONNORA funeral was held Friday for Sonya Massey, a Springfield, Illinois, woman fatally shot by Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson after calling 911.released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield, who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her home by a white sheriff's deputy.
Ben Crump, the noted civil rights attorney who is representing Massey's family, told the crowd at her funeral in Springfield on Friday that the video would reveal a crime as startling as the 1955 lynching of Chicago teenager Emmitt Till in Mississippi, the Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd.
Authorities said Massey, who is Black, called 911 in the early morning hours to report a suspected prowler. Grayson entered the house with another deputy, noticed a pot on the stove and gave Massey permission to move it. When she put it on a counter, Grayson allegedly pulled his 9mm pistol and threatened to shoot her. She reportedly apologized and ducked for cover, but Grayson approached and shot her, prosecutors said.
"The body camera footage is horrific, and I offer my deepest sympathy to Sonya Massey's family as they relive a moment no family should experience," Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a statement. "As the community reacts to the release of the footage, I urge calm as this matter works its way through the criminal justice system."If convicted, he faces prison sentences of 45 years to life for murder, 6 to 30 years for battery and 2 to 5 years for misconduct.
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