Body-camera footage released this week shows a sudden escalation by police that resulted in Deputy Sean Grayson shooting a 36-year-old Black woman dead in her home on July 6 — an act for which the officer is now facing murder charges.
In the footage, Grayson and another deputy speak calmly with the woman, Sonya Massey, in her living room, asking her for paperwork and ID, though Massey sometimes appears confused by their questions and unsure of where to find her documents. The two Sangamon County sheriff's deputies were responding to a 911 call by Massey, who had reported a "prowler" at her home in Springfield, Illinois, according to a court document.
