Sonya Massey called Illinois police after believing someone was trying to break into her house. But a plea to be served and protected ended with Sonya losing her life on her kitchen floor.
Now, her son, Malachi Hill, is breaking his silence on how he get that a cop had fatally shot her.
Speaking to the media, additionally Fox Illinois, Malachi told the police department never contacted him about his mom’s fatal shooting. Instead, he got a call from HSHS St. John’s Hospital, whose staff informed him Sonya Massey had gotten shot in the eye and the bullet came out her neck.
Sonya Massey’s son said the hospital would not tell him WHO did it but kept repeating that “someone” shot her.
They would never tell me who shot my mother, though. And I think I was the 1st person to discover it out, too. I had to go tell my grandma myself. That’s all I can say,” Malachi shared.
As early reported, Sonya’s dad recently shared similar sentiments as his grandson on ‘CBS Mornings.’ James Wilburn said he was never told it was a deputy-involved shooting.
“We were under the impression that she was killed by the intruder or some other person from the street, and they just went in there and found her dead body,” he shared. Including, Wilburn said there was even a narrative that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
As earlier reported by TSR Investigates’ Justin Carter, the 36-year-old dead on July 6 in Springfield, Illinois. Bodycam footage showed the moment two officers arrived at Sonya’s home, and she welcomed them into her living room, warning them not to hurt her.
After meeting with them in the living room, Sonya walked over to the kitchen to handle a boiling pot of water. One of the cops, Officer Sean P. Grayson, escalated the energy in the room when he started yelling for Sonya to set down the pot or risk getting shot in the face.