Spine-chilling request Sonya Massey's mom made to dispatchers during 911 call in the lead up to her daughter being shot dead by officer

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The mother of Sonya Massey, a achromatic female who was fatally changeable successful nan look successful her room by a achromatic constabulary serviceman aft she called 911 for help, pleaded pinch dispatchers to not send a 'prejudiced' serviceman to her daughter's home.

The mother, Donna Massey, said successful a 911 telephone connected nan time before her daughter's decease that she was worried constabulary would 'make nan business worse,' pleading pinch nan dispatcher: 'I don’t want you guys to wounded her.'

'Please don't nonstop nary combative policemen that are prejudiced, please,' The elder Massey said. 'I'm frightened of nan police. Sometimes they make nan business worse' 

Donna added that her girl was suffering a 'mental breakdown.'

Massey, 36, a mom-of-two from Springfield, Illinois, was changeable dormant by lawman Sean Grayson, 30, connected July 6 aft Grayson and different lawman arrived astatine her location to analyse a prowler. 

According to records released connected Wednesday, Sonya had made 2 911 calls successful nan days starring up to her death. 

Her mother Donna, seen here, said successful 1 telephone connected nan time earlier her daughter's death: 'Please don't nonstop nary combative policemen that are prejudiced, please.'

This undated photograph provided by nan family's lawyers successful July 2024 shows Sonya Massey 

The distraught mom added: 'She is not a threat to herself, she's not a threat to me'. She referred to Massey's intelligence section arsenic 'paranoid schizophrenic'.

The recordings besides show that immoderate officers and first responders discussed whether Massey had changeable herself. 

An charismatic says successful a telephone to study nan constabulary shooting that, 'They are now saying it's self-inflicted'. 

Another adds: 'Either self-inflicted aliases they whitethorn person changeable her', it's unclear wherever nan incorrect accusation astir it being perchance self-inflicted came from.

The Sangamon County Sheriff's Department is still trying to find whether Massey's history of intelligence wellness issues were relayed to deputies responding.   

Body cam footage suggests they were not aware, pinch Grayson asking dispatch if location are immoderate grounds of calls from Massey indicating intelligence wellness troubles. 

Such accusation is passed on if it's known, but there's nary built-in system that ensures it, said Jeff Wilhite, spokesperson for Sheriff Jack Campbell.

Wilhite said: 'It's possible, if nan dispatcher knew nan calls were linked, but it's not an automatic. 

'The dispatcher would person to cognize 'yes, it's nan aforesaid person' and 'yes, it's nan aforesaid address.'

Massey was changeable astatine 3 times by Grayson earlier this period aft she called constabulary to study a prowler

Deputy Sean Grayson's weapon drawn arsenic Sonya Massey cowers for screen successful her room connected July 6 

Grayson's record was besides released which showed that he has 2 drunk driving convictions wrong a year, nan first of which led to discharge from nan army. 

His psychological information recovered him fresh to serve, but added: 'He knows he tin move excessively accelerated astatine times. He needs to slow down to make bully decisions.'

Footage captured nan nighttime Massey died shows her greeting deputies astatine her beforehand door, saying 'don't wounded me', and appearing confused. 

After Grayson directed her to region a cookware of h2o from nan stove she told him: 'I rebuke you successful nan sanction of Jesus.'

Grayson past pulls his weapon connected nan mother-of-two and yelled astatine her to driblet nan presumably scalding h2o earlier firing 3 times, hitting her beneath nan near eye. 

Family members person said Massey struggled pinch intelligence wellness issues and had undergone treatment.     

Her son, Malachi Hill Massey, said he and his sister had to unrecorded pinch their fathers because Massey checked herself into an inpatient curen program.

Grayson has pleaded not blameworthy to first-degree murder, aggravated artillery pinch a firearm and charismatic misconduct charges successful Massey's killing 

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 

Autopsy findings released Friday connected Massey confirmed that she died from a gunshot coiled to nan caput and that she died connected July 6. 

The study was released soon earlier civilian authorities lawyer Ben Crump, who is representing Massey's family, denounced nan sidesplitting by nan ex-sheriff's lawman arsenic senseless, unnecessary and excessive.

In summation to nan bullet striking her conscionable beneath her near eye, Massey had 'minor blunt unit injuries' to her correct leg, nan autopsy said.

The slug caused her skull to fracture and perforated her carotid artery, which caused her encephalon to bleed, earlier exiting nan backmost of her precocious neck.

Grayson has pleaded not blameworthy to first-degree murder, aggravated artillery pinch a firearm and charismatic misconduct charges successful Massey's killing. 

He was fired by nan Sangamon County Sheriff's Office and has been jailed without bond.

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