By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – Tuesday’s update on the Sonya Massey case in Springfield included family attorney Ben Crump announcing that the U.S. Department of Justice is on the case; that the governor and lieutenant governor met with the Massey family; and that, the family alleges, deputies lied about what happened.
Crump’s firm released dispatch audio from early July 6, when – according to body cam video released Monday – then-Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson shot and killed Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman. Grayson is white.
The dispatch audio describes her fatal wound as “self-inflicted.” And Grayson, in remarks caught on his body camera which offended the family, said, “the f***in’ b***h is crazy,” and, “I think she set it up on purpose, so, it is what it is.”
Massey’s father is demanding the resignation of the Sangamon County sheriff.
Dave Dahl can be reached at News@WJBC.com.
