OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
4:26 PM – Friday, May 16, 2025
The Illinois House advanced legislation on Thursday mandating more comprehensive background checks prior to the hiring of police officers — coming less than a year after a Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot 36-year-old Sonya Massey, who appeared to be suffering from a mental health crisis at the time.
Massey was killed last July by former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, who shot her inside her home near Springfield after she called the police.
At the time, Massey told officers that she was worried there was a “peeping tom or prowler” outside her home — so she promptly contacted the authorities. However, there was no peeping tom or prowler….
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