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6 days ago · The Illinois State Police on Monday released bodycam video of a police officer shooting a Black woman inside her home, sparking nationwide outrage in the United States.. Sonya Massey called the ...
Jul 23, 2024 · The shooting took place after midnight on July 6 after Massey called 911 to report a possible “prowler” at her home in Springfield, Illinois, according to a court document filed by prosecutors.
Jul 22, 2024 · Body-camera footage showing the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help, was released Monday in a case that has led to murder charges...
1 day ago · The Massey family's lawyer Ben Crump said Massey had an encounter with police over a mental health issue the day before the shooting. Crump said Massey had driven herself to HSHS St. John's ...
3 days ago · “T his is the worst police-shooting video ever,” Ben Crump, the lawyer representing Massey’s family, said at a news conference. He knows what he’s talking about: He has represented the ...
Jul 22, 2024 · Massey, a 36-year old Black woman, called 9-1-1 to report a prowler near her home in the 2800 block of S. Hoover Ave. in unincorporated Springfield. Two Sangamon County deputies responded. Much of the video, captured on one deputy’s body camera, begins when they arrived. The premises are searched.
Malachi Hill Massey, 17, center, speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at the NAACP headquarters in Springfield, Ill., about his mother, Sonya Massey, who was shot to death by a ...
Jul 22, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home, with one fatal blow to the head, as seen ...
6 days ago · SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot inside her home by a former Illinois...
2 days ago · 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, aggravated battery with a firearm, and official misconduct in connection with the death of Massey.
