Pritzker said Jack Campbell should step down because 'the sheriff has failed.'
, 30, faces three counts of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct in the July 6 shooting death of Massey, 36. Campbell, who hired Grayson for the Sangamon County Sheriff's Department in May 2023, reiterated his intent Wednesday to stay in the job.
There is no evidence Grayson was fired from any previous job. And Pritzker did not elaborate on what"training and other reforms" Campbell should have implemented since the killing. Grayson was fired on July 17 for violating use-of-force standards by shooting Massey rather than taking non-lethal action when he felt threatened by a pan of hot water she was holding, according to authorities."I was overwhelmingly elected to lead the sheriff’s office through both good times and bad," Campbell said in a statement.
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