Sonia Massey called Illinois police after believing someone was trying to break into her home. But a plea to be answered and protected ended with Sonya losing your life on her kitchen floor. Now, her son, Malachi Hill, is breaking her silence about how she learned a police officer fatally shot her.
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Sonya’s son Malachi Hill speaks out
Speaking to media outlets including Fox Illinois, Malachi said the police department never contacted him about his mother’s fatal shooting. Instead, he received a call from HSHS St. John’s Hospital, whose staff informed him that Sonya Massey had been shot in the eye and the bullet had exited her neck.
Sonya Massey’s son said the hospital didn’t tell him WHO did it, but kept repeating that “someone” shot her.
“They would never tell me who shot my mom, though. And I think I was the first person to find out, too. I had to go tell my grandmother myself. That’s all I can say,” Malachi shared.
As previously reportedSonya’s father recently shared similar sentiments to his grandson on ‘CBS Mornings.’ James Wilburn said he was never told the shooting involved an officer. “We were under the impression that she was killed by the intruder or by someone else on the street, and they just walked in there and found her dead body,” he shared. Additionally, Wilburn said there was even a narrative that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
Here’s What Happened to Sonya Massey
As previously reported by TSR Investigates’ Justin Carter, the 36-year-old woman passed away on July 6 in Springfield, Illinois. Body camera footage showed the moment two officers arrived at Sonya’s home, and she greeted them in her living room, warning them not to hurt her.
After interacting with them in the living room, Sonya went to the kitchen to handle a pot of boiling water. One of the police officers, Officer Sean P. GraysonThe energy in the room increased as he began yelling at Sonya to drop the pan or risk getting shot in the face.
In response, Sonya Massey apologized repeatedly, but Grayson pulled the trigger, shooting her three times.
A bullet struck Massey in the face about 31 minutes after she called 911 at 12:50 a.m. Doctors pronounced her dead at the hospital at 1:47 a.m. Body camera footage released earlier this week shows one of the officers calling Massey a “bitch” who is “crazy.”
Officer Grayson has been fired from the force and faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder. The 30-year-old has pleaded not guilty, by CNN.
Watch Justin Carter analyze Sonya’s family’s fight for justice in the latest episode of TSR Investigates below.
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