Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey who called 911 for help

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Body camera video released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her home by a white sheriff's deputy.

The video from body cameras shows a tense moment in which former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson yelled at 36-year-old Sonya Massey to set down a pot from the stove just seconds after she started pouring the water into the sink and the two giggled over her "hot steaming water." He then threatens to shoot her, Massey ducks then briefly rises and Grayson fires his...

 

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