Massey, shot by Sangamon County deputy, had been in contact with mental health crisis teams hours earlier
The family of Sonya Massey, the Springfield, IL, woman fatally shot by ex-deputy Sean Grayson after calling 911, rallied at a Chicago church Tuesday.The day before she was shot by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy, Sonya Massey's mother called 911 and said her daughter was in the front yard of her mother's house, talking loudly, acting erratically with her car keys in her hand.
About 16 hours later, ambulance personnel would return to Massey's residence, this time, summoned by deputies. Massey was lying on her kitchen floor bleeding from a fatal gunshot wound to her face. At the scene, another unidentified deputy checked around the house prior to Massey being shot. Body camera footage showed broken windows on a car parked in Massey's driveway.
Massey had also called 911 the afternoon before she died to report that a neighbor threw a brick at her and broke the car windows. Dispatch notes show Massey would tell police at the hospital that she broke the windows herself so she could get inside her car. She said that she had been in contact with mobile crisis response teams earlier that week, and she believed the mobile crisis team and Springfield Police tried to run her off the road. She also said she had recently been discharged from a mental hospital in Granite City.
The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council filed a grievance last week related to Grayson's dismissal, saying he was fired without just cause. The union was seeking Grayson's reinstatement, backpay and lost benefits, but it dropped the grievance earlier this week.Grayson worked for six law enforcement entities in central Illinois in four years. Records showed that he was hired by multiple departments despite two driving under the influence convictions.
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