*Authorities in Springfield, IL, released the body cam footage revealing the moment a white police officer shot and killed Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for assistance.
The footage shows Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson fatally shooting Massey, 36, earlier this month inside her home after she reported a suspected prowler near her home.
We reported earlier via CNN that the deputy is now charged with murder in the case. Massey called 911 on July 6 because she thought an intruder was in her home in the Springfield area. Grayson and another deputy responded to the call around 12:50 a.m., authorities said. Eventually, as the deputies were in Massey’s home to gather information and make sure the residence was safe, a dispute arose over a pot of hot water, and Grayson drew his gun and eventually fired three times toward her, striking her once in the face, according to a court document filed Thursday by Sangamon County prosecutors.
During the dispute before the shooting, Massey apologized with her hands up, and Grayson yelled at her to put the pot down, prosecutors said. The sheriff’s office said the deputies were not injured.
An Illinois State Police investigation of the case did “not support a finding that … Grayson was justified in his use of deadly force,” the state’s attorney for the county, John Milhiser, said in a news release.
Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the victim’s family, said in a release that it was “extremely hard to imagine how a woman who calls police out of fear of an intruder ends up shot … by the police in her own home.”
Crump said the charges marked “an important milestone in the pursuit of justice for Sonya Massey’s family.”
“This news is a step toward justice for Sonya’s loved ones, especially her children, who have endured unimaginable pain and suffering since they were notified of this tragedy,” Crump added.
“We remain committed to uncovering the truth of what happened and identifying the failures that allowed this tragic death to occur,” Crump said in a Wednesday release.
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