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Sonya Massey's teenage boy described successful his mother arsenic 'loving,' 'very smart' and personification who 'always helped everybody but herself' successful a heartbreaking caller interview.
Massey, 36, a mother-of-two from Springfield, Illinois, was changeable dormant successful her room by a achromatic sheriff's lawman Sean Grayson, 36, aft she called rule enforcement to analyse a prowler successful nan area extracurricular of her location connected July 6.
Her family are now seeking to tie attraction to nan shooting aft bodycam footage showed nan shocking circumstances of her death. Leaked audio besides hears an serviceman show a dispatcher Massey's wounds were 'self-inflicted.'
The Massey family is being represented by civilian correct lawyer Ben Crump. They opportunity that location was a cover-up which saw officers show infirmary unit that Massey changeable herself, and later, that she was changeable by an intruder.
Speaking to CBS News, Malachi Hill-Massey, 17, said lovingly astir his mother.
Malaci Hill-Massey, 17, and Sonya Massey's mother, Donna, sat down for an question and reply pinch CBS News successful which they described nan trauma they person knowledgeable successful nan aftermath of nan shooting
'A bully mother. She was very smart and ever helped everybody but herself. Just a shot of love, honestly, to me,' Malachi said lovingly astir his mother, pictured above
'A bully mother. She was very smart and ever helped everybody but herself. Just a shot of love, honestly, to me. She cooked maine nan champion food. I emotion her food, honestly,' he said.
'She's conscionable nan astir loving personification ever. I don't know. That's nan personification that made maine conscionable consciousness truthful loved.'
At a property convention held by nan family connected Tuesday, successful which they laid retired their grievances regarding nan shooting, Malachi told nan gathered reporters that he could not bring himself to watch nan horrific bodycam video.
'I don't person nary words for this,' he told nan crowd.
In nan CBS interview, Massey's mother, Donna, reiterated nan request for an investigation into nan cover-up, emphasizing that nan charismatic communicative has changed.
'They said it's nether investigation, past they said that they told nan doctors astatine nan infirmary that she committed suicide—and past they changed it,' she said.
'They kept changing nan story.'
At Massey's ceremonial connected July 19, her father, James Wilburn, told mourners that nan family only learned that this was an serviceman progressive shooting done nan media.
At a property conference, Malachi told nan assemblage that he could not bring himself to watch nan bodycam footage which showed his mother's death
Donna told CBS that nan first communicative she was told by nan infirmary was that her girl had been changeable by someone, without saying who.
'We're going to get justness for sure. I know. We are for sure,' she added.
What led to nan shooting of Sonya Massey
Sean Grayson and different Sangamon County sheriff's lawman were called to Sonya Massey's location for a suspected prowler astatine 12:50 a.m. July 6.
The 2 officers searched nan exterior of nan location for 30 minutes, discovering only a car pinch smashed windows.
During her interactions pinch nan officers, Massey made respective mentions of Jesus Christ and nan Bible.
Massey had placed a cookware of perchance basking h2o connected nan antagonistic connected Grayson's instructions.
The unfortunate made a remark astir 'rebuking' Grayson successful nan sanction of Jesus Christ.
Grayson was successful nan surviving room erstwhile he past drew his firearm and threatened to sprout Massey successful nan face, prompting her to put her hands successful nan air, say, 'I'm sorry.'
Massey ducks for screen down a antagonistic separating nan two.
Grayson moved closer, yelled astatine Massey to put nan cookware down and opened fire, hitting her 3 times, erstwhile successful nan head.
Grayson did not render assistance and discouraged nan different lawman not to supply help.
The 2nd deputy, who was not named, stayed by Massey until medics arrived. She was pronounced dormant astatine St. John's Hospital.
Donna has already met pinch Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a gathering pinch Vice President Kamala Harris is besides slated to occur. President Joe Biden released a connection saying he was near 'heartbroken' by nan shooting.
At a news convention Tuesday successful Springfield, Ben Crump asserted that nan Justice Department had opened an investigation into nan incident, 'which is welcome, because location person been immoderate concerns and revelations by nan family that we deliberation request to beryllium investigated.'
He said he did not cognize nan scope of nan probe.
But successful a statement, nan Department of Justice said it 'is alert of and assessing nan circumstances surrounding nan tragic officer-involved death' and said it 'will proceed to way nan criminal case.'
James Wilburn, Massey's father, called for Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to resign.
'I want to show y'all nan sheriff present is an embarrassment,' Wilburn said. 'This man (Grayson) should person ne'er had a badge. And he should person ne'er had a gun. He should person ne'er been fixed nan opportunity to termination my child.'
The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board shows Grayson was hired portion clip connected Aug. 11, 2020, by nan Pawnee Police Department.
He besides was hired portion clip connected Feb. 4, 2021, by nan Kincaid Police Department and connected May 20, 2021, by nan Virden Police Department.
Two months later, he was hired afloat clip by nan Auburn Police Department and remained location until May 1, 2022, erstwhile he was hired afloat clip by nan Logan County Sheriff's Office.
Grayson near Logan County connected April 28, 2023, and was hired afloat clip connected May 1, 2023, by nan Sangamon County Sheriff's Office.
He received his part-time Law Enforcement Certification connected June 5, 2021, according to nan Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. His certification position presently sounds arsenic suspended connected nan board's website.
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