The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement Tuesday night, allowing taxpayers to avoid a drawn-out and likely traumatic ...

My heart is heavy today. This is my daughter’s birthday,” said Sonya Massey’s father in a press conference Wednesday.

allowing taxpayers to avoid a drawn-out and likely traumatic lawsuit over the summertime shooting by former deputy Sean Grayson. The county maintains a settlement fund with a balance of $1.5 million.

SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (CNN) - A $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey was unanimously approved Tuesday by officials in an Illinois county. Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, was ...

Just minutes after Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson and other officers responded to Massey's 911 call about a potential prowler outside her home Grayson shot and killed Massey in her ...

In this image taken from body-camera footage, Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson places his hand on his firearm while threatening to shoot 36-year-old Sonya Massey inside her ...

FILE - In this image taken from body camera video released by Illinois State Police on July 22, 2024, former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, left, points his gun at Sonya Massey ...

A former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy, Sean P. Grayson, has been charged with first-degree murder in an internationally celebrated case. The request comes as the county board Tuesday will consider ...

Now former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean P. Grayson shot Massey even as she put her arms in the air and said "I'm sorry" while ducking for cover. Grayson aggressively yelled for Massey to ...

In July, Massey, a Black woman, was shot and killed by Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson in her own home after she call 911 for reports of a “prowler.” Grayson is charged with first degree ...

The letter to the Massey Commission was signed by six Sangamon County Board members. The Massey Commission made a request to the DOJ for an independent investigation in November. Six Sangamon ...