Massey’s family has publicly called for Campbell to step down.
Sonya Massey was killed in her own home by a deputy who was responding to her call for help.Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell, who was responsible for hiring Sean Grayson, the former deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey last month, told ABC News in an interview Thursday that he is "horrified" following the incident. He also stood by his department's vetting process and said that he will not resign, despite calls from Massey’s family for him to step down.
"The vetting process has worked very well for a long time. This is an individual that acted outside the scope of his authority, the scope of our policies and procedures in the law. You can't predict that," he said. Sangamon County, Illinois Sheriff Jack Campbell spoke face-to-face with Springfield community members about the death of Sonya Massey for the first time in a public forum on July 29, 2024.ABC News has also obtained audio files from four 911 calls made by Massey and her mother about mental health crises in the days leading up to her death.
"The 911 calls capture the heartbreaking pleas of Sonya's mother, who desperately sought help for her daughter while expressing her deep fears about the potential for violence at the hands of the police," civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Massey's family, said in a statement to ABC News. "Despite these warnings, Sonya, a woman struggling with her mental health, was met with deadly force in her own home.
Grayson's employment file stated that no formal investigation was conducted regarding this complaint.Grayson's job with Sangamon County was one of six different police jobs he held over the past four years. Grayson did not receive any policy violations, as Miller put a hold on the report to discuss the inaccuracies with him before officially submitting the document. Grayson ultimately resigned from that position.
"I know that the general public doesn't understand that; they assume maybe something nefarious happened at one of those agencies. But it didn't. It's simply a rise in his career," he said.
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