There are more questions than answers following the fatal police shooting of a Black woman in her own home after she called 911 to report a suspected break-in in the capital city of Illinois.
Sangamon Co. Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Sonya Massey early Saturday morning after the 36-year-old called the police for emergency help at her home in Springfield, WAND TV reported.
The police reported that there were shots fired about a half-hour after arriving at Massey’s home. Sangamon Co. Sheriff’s deputies reportedly rendered medical aid to Massey to no avail and she was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The county coroner said Massey’s official cause of death was a gunshot wound.
There were no reports of Massey being armed or exhibiting behavior that would justify killing someone who called the police for help.
The deputies involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave but were not identified.
It was unclear whether a suspected intruder was ever located.
But that is seemingly just about all the information that the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State Police – the latter of which is investigating the shooting – are willing to make public in the shooting, leaving Massey’s family and neighbors demanding to know more.
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