Family of Sonya Massey reacts to settlement over deadly Illinois police shooting
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters the settlement, approved Tuesday night by the Sangamon County Board, is poignant.
Lawyers for Sonya Massey’s family say $10M settlement ‘first step;' await trial, legislative changes
County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy responding to her call for help.
$10 million settlement approved in Illinois police shooting of Sonya Massey
The family of a woman fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside Springfield last year that sparked protests around the nation will receive $10 million in a settlement approved by the Sangamon County Board.
Sonya Massey’s family, Sangamon County reach $10 million settlement in fatal police shooting
The agreement is pending approval by the Sangamon County Board at its meeting Tuesday. Massey, 36, was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in her Springfield home last July.
Sangamon County, Illinois Board approves settlement with Sonya Massey's family over police shooting
Massey, 36, was shot and killed by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy in her home near Springfield on July 6, 2024.
Family of Black woman killed by Illinois police to get $10 million in settlement
The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million as part of a settlement with officials from Sangamon County, the attorney representing the family said on Wednesday.
$10 million settlement in Sonya Massey shooting case gets final approval
Officials in Sangamon County, Illinois, approved the payout after Massey was killed in her home last summer by a sheriff's deputy. She had called for help.
$10M settlement in Sonya Massey killing a 'first step,' family lawyers say
Ex-sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, faces a first-degree murder charge in the shooting, which happened last summer in Springfield, Illinois.
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