Revealed: Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson who killed unarmed black mom Sonya Massey in her kitchen has two previous DUI convictions as her father slams his job in law enforcement as 'an embarrassment to the country'

Sonya Massey's begetter remains outraged successful nan aftermath of his daughter's decease astatine nan hands of a sheriff's lawman successful Illinois, questioning if he should person moreover been connected nan occupation aft it emerged he has 2 erstwhile DUI convictions. 

Massey, a 36-year-old achromatic woman, was killed aft being changeable successful nan caput wrong of nan room of her location aft she called nan Sangamon County Sheriff's section to study a suspected prowler connected July 6. 

The deceased woman's family person since confirmed that she suffered from intelligence wellness issues pinch The Guardian reporting that Massey was a paranoid schizophrenic. 

Flanked by civilian authorities lawyer Ben Crump connected Monday, Massey's father, James Wilburn raged astir nan shooting. 

'This man should person ne'er had a badge. He should person ne'er had a gun. What an embarrassment. What an embarrassment to this country.' 

According to her obituary, Massey was calved successful San Diego and was progressive successful her section religion successful Springfield. 'She loved to do hairsbreadth and walk clip pinch her family,' 1 conception reads. She was a mother to 2 children, a boy Malachi, and daughter, Jeanette.

The shocking bodycam footage was released besides connected Monday showing Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, who is white, yelling crossed a antagonistic astatine Massey to group down a cookware of basking water. 

He past threatened to sprout her, Massey ducked, concisely rose, and Grayson fired his pistol astatine her. Grayson comments to his partner that he changeable successful nan caput erstwhile nan serviceman mentions getting a first assistance kid. 

Both of Grayson's DUIs occurred betwixt 2015 and 2016 successful Macoupin County, a adjacent region to wherever he was working.  

At his daughter's ceremonial connected July 19, Wilburn made akin claims astir Grayson's abilities to do his job, reports The Illinois Times. 

'They were each these reddish flags, and yet they still made him a lawman successful this county,' he told a crowd of astir 600 successful Illinois. 

Grayson has pleaded not blameworthy to first grade murder, aggravated artillery pinch a fireman and charismatic misconduct aft his indictment connected July 17. 

Wilburn said that Grayson has worked pinch 5 different constabulary departments successful Illinois complete a 3 twelvemonth period. He referred to that arsenic a 'red flag.'

Grayson was hired successful Sangamon by Sheriff Jack Campbell successful May 2023. Wilburn has besides called for him to beryllium fired. 

'I cognize they person lowered nan standards for what is acceptable successful rule enforcement,' Wilburn said astatine his daughter's funeral. 

County spokesperson Jeff Wilhite told The Illinois Times that Grayson was ne'er fired from his erstwhile roles and had passed a inheritance check. 

'Grayson had nary use-of-force complaints aliases citizens' complaints while employed arsenic a Sangamon County deputy. And to our knowledge, Grayson had nary complaints revenge against him astatine anterior rule enforcement jobs,' Wilhite said.

Misdemeanor DUI convictions do not disqualify persons from becoming rule enforcement officers successful Illinois.  

Crump, who was besides coming astatine nan funeral, warned attendees that nan upcoming merchandise of nan bodycam footage would daze them. 

In nan property convention connected Monday, Wilburn evoked different achromatic group who person mislaid their lives astatine nan hands of constabulary officers complete nan years. 

'I benignant of consciousness watching, it's a dream; I'm going to aftermath up. But I conscionable don't know. I don't cognize what to say. I saw this hap successful nan George Floyd matter. I saw this hap successful nan Breonna Taylor matter, and I had to opportunity to God, 'Why me? Why my child?''

Wilburn went connected to opportunity that he is simply a erstwhile rule enforcement officer. 'Some of my champion friends are successful rule enforcement. I'm erstwhile rule enforcement, truthful it's embarrassing,' he went on. 

'A personification for illustration that because of his achromatic privilege it allows him to deliberation he tin do thing for illustration that and get distant pinch it.'

Heartbreakingly, Wilburn past said that his daughter's last words to him were: 'Daddy, I emotion you.' 

Wilburn went connected to allege that their family were ne'er told that that Massey's decease was an officer-involved shooting. They learned astir it erstwhile they publication it successful nan news.  

In nan video, Massey ducked and apologized Grayson seconds earlier he changeable nan her 3 times successful her home, pinch 1 fatal rustle to nan head.

The video confirmed prosecutors' earlier relationship of nan tense infinitesimal erstwhile Grayson yelled from crossed a antagonistic astatine Massey to group down a cookware of basking water. 

He past threatened to sprout her, Massey ducked, concisely rose, and Grayson fired his pistol astatine her.

Authorities said Massey had called 911 earlier to study a suspected prowler. The video shows nan 2 deputies responded conscionable earlier 1 a.m. connected July 6 astatine her location successful Springfield, 200 miles southwest of Chicago. 

They first walked astir nan location and recovered a achromatic SUV pinch surgery windows successful nan driveway.

She seemed confused arsenic they said astatine nan door, and she repeated that she needed help, referenced God and told them she didn't cognize who owned nan car.

Inside nan house, deputies seemed exasperated arsenic she sat connected her sofa and went done her purse arsenic they asked for recognition to complete a study earlier leaving. Then Grayson pointed retired a cookware sitting connected a occurrence connected nan stove.

'We don't request a occurrence while we're here,' he said.

Massey instantly sewage up and went to nan stove, moving nan cookware adjacent a sink. She and Grayson seemed to stock a laughter complete her cookware of 'steaming basking water' earlier she unexpectedly said, 'I rebuke you successful nan sanction of Jesus.'

'You amended f***ing not aliases I committedness to God I'll f***ing sprout you successful your f***ing face.' He past pulled his 9mm pistol and demanded she driblet nan pot.

Massey said, 'OK, I'm sorry.' In Grayson's assemblage camera footage, he pointed his limb astatine her. She ducked and raised her hands.

Grayson was still successful nan surviving room, facing Massey and separated by a antagonistic dividing nan surviving room and kitchen. Prosecutors person said nan separation allowed Grayson some 'distance and comparative cover' from Massey and nan cookware of basking water.

After Grayson changeable her, Grayson discouraged his partner from grabbing a aesculapian kit to prevention her.

'You tin spell get it, but that's a headshot,' he said. 'There's thing you tin do, man.'

He added: 'What other do we do? I'm not taking basking f***ing boiling h2o to nan f***ing face.' 

Noting that Massey was still breathing, he relented and said he would get his kit, too. The different lawman said, 'We tin astatine slightest effort to extremity nan bleeding.'

Grayson told responding police, 'She had boiling h2o and came astatine me, pinch boiling water. She said she was going to rebuke maine successful nan sanction of Jesus and came astatine maine pinch boiling water.'

During nan Monday day news conference, nan family's lawyer, civilian authorities lawyer Ben Crump, called Grayson's 'revisionist' justification 'disingenuous.' 

She needed a helping hand. She did not request a slug to her face,' Crump said of Massey.

Asked why Massey told Grayson, 'I rebuke you successful nan sanction of Jesus,' Crump said she had undergone curen for intelligence wellness issues. He noted that she invoked God's sanction from nan opening of nan brushwood and asked for her Bible aft nan deputies stepped inside.

Grayson, who was fired past week, is being held successful nan Sangamon County Jail without bond. If convicted, he faces situation sentences of 45 years to life for murder, 6 to 30 years for artillery and 2 to 5 years for misconduct. 

His lawyer, Daniel Fultz, declined to remark Monday.

In a statement, President Joe Biden said he and first woman Jill Biden were praying for Massey's family 'as they look this unthinkable and senseless loss.'

'When we telephone for help, each of america arsenic Americans – sloppy of who we are aliases wherever we unrecorded – should beryllium capable to do truthful without fearing for our lives,' Biden said. 'Sonya's decease astatine nan hands of a responding serviceman reminds america that each excessively often Black Americans look fears for their information successful ways galore of nan remainder of america do not.'