Records show deputy charged in Sonya Massey’s fatal shooting worked for 6 agencies in 4 years

Autopsy findings confirm Sonya Massey, Black woman shot by deputy, died from gunshot wound to head

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her death, confirm

Records show deputy who shot Sonya Massey disobeyed orders during high-speed chase

Before former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was accused of shooting Sonya Massey after she called police to investigate a prowler, he had a rocky, one-year tenure with the Logan County Sheriff’s Department.

Autopsy shows Sonya Massey was killed by a gunshot under her eye

An autopsy report released Friday by Sangamon County officials shows Springfield resident Sonya Massey was killed by a gunshot wound just under her left eye.Massey, 36, had called law enforcement to her home to report a possible intruder. Then-Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, one of the responding officers, shot her in the head, saying he feared Massey would throw a pot of boiling water at him. Body camera footage, however, shows Massey ducking fo…

Ben Crump speaks on autopsy of Sonya Massey

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has released the autopsy of Sonya Massey Friday morning, confirming her cause of death. The autopsy revealed that the bullet hit Massey beneath her left eye and exited on the posterior left side of her upper neck. The gun shot also resulted in a perforation to her left internal carotid artery, a skull fracture and hemorrhages. Body camera video of Sonya Massey’s shooting relea…

Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey, Black woman shot by deputy, died from gunshot wound to head

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her death, confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Autopsy findings confirm Sonya Massey, Black woman shot by deputy, died from gunshot wound to head

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Autopsy findings released Friday on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff's deputy charged in her death, confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon had previously disclosed initial findings on Massey's July 6 death in Springfield and the full autopsy report released Friday confirmed those conclusions, including that…