A sheriff's deputy in Springfield, Ill., has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a woman in her home. Investigators say Sonya Massey called about a possible intruder and let the deputy into her home. Bodycam video shows that when Massey picked up a pot of boiling water the deputy, Sean Grayson, shot her.
On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris called the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in her Illinois home, according to Massey’s family members who spoke to NBC News. Massey, 36, was killed July 6 after she called the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office because she was afraid there might be a prowler outside, according to an attorney for her family and Illinois State Police.
He added that Harris 'gave us her heartfelt condolences, and she let us know that she is with us, 100% that this senseless killing.” Body camera video released Monday showed Grayson and his partner speaking with Massey outside her home, then going inside. The situated appeared to escalate when Massey moved a pot off her stove. Grayson cursed at Massey, telling her “you better f---ing not. I swear to God I will f---ing shoot you right in your f---ing face.
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