An Illinois sheriff apologized for a deputy's fatal shooting of Sonya Massey in her Springfield home, but the sheriff refused to step down. This as new details emerge about the background of the deputy, Sean Grayson, who is charged with murder in the shooting. NBC News' Maggie Vespa reports.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois sheriff whose deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey said Thursday that blame for her killing lay with the deputy alone. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said Sean Grayson, who has been fired and charged with murder, had been properly trained by his agency and acted against that instruction on July 6, when he shot and killed Massey in her home while responding to her call about a suspected prowler.
” Campbell said the DUIs did not concern him because he believes “it’s understandable,” that it could happen to anyone and because Grayson had later established a work history in law enforcement. “Two DUIs is not a good indicator of a violent act that would occur just nine years later,” he said. On Wednesday, in response to public records requests, Campbell released Grayson’s employment record and 911 calls.
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