The sheriff’s office in Sangamon County, Illinois, released body-camera footage recorded during the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help. Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office Peoria, Illinois AP —

The Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Sean Grayson’s murder trial.

Grayson, who is white, faces three counts of first-degree murder for shooting the 36-year-old single mother on July 6, 2024, during a confrontation over her handling of a pot of hot water she removed from her stove.

Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser told

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