She was yawning inside to hold on. >> You coming to the door or knock? >> I heard somebody outside. >> Yeah, we checked your house. We checked your backyard. I walked all the way through all these backyards. We checked your front yard. >> We didn't see nobody. >> So, nobody's out here. >> On July 6th, 2024, deputies responded to a 911 call from Sonia Massie, who believed someone was outside her home in Springfield, Illinois. After checking the property, deputies enter the house to speak with her. unaware that the encounter will take a devastating turn. That one. She was yelling inside. Hold on. >> You coming to the door or not? All right. Hurry up. Bud is down here and I need help. Please don't hurt me. >> Why would it hurt you? You called us. We're not here. So, what'd you hear? Um, somebody's outside my house, y'all. Please. >> Is this your car over here? >> Please, please, please. >> Is this your car over here? >> Uhuh. >> Oh, >> please. >> That's not your black car in the driveway. >> Oh, well, we checked your yard. We walked around the whole block. We didn't see anybody. >> You know, we don't we checked the whole area. There's nobody else walking around. >> I know, y'all. Please God. Praise God. I'm trying to get help, y'all. But >> what do you need help with? >> Nothing. I just Please God, please God, please. I don't know what to do. >> Do with what? >> Huh? >> What do you need help with? >> Nothing. I just wanted to see if I could help me. >> What do you want help with? >> Huh? >> What do you want help with? >> I heard somebody outside. >> Yeah, we checked your house. We checked your backyard. I walked all the way through all these backyards. We checked your front yard. >> We didn't see nobody. >> So, nobody's out here. >> You didn't see anybody? >> Nope. >> Nope. >> We checked the whole area. >> Okay. What take you so long to answer the door? >> Oh, I was trying to put on some clothes, sir. I'm sorry. I was trying to get >> I got you. All right. Is there anything else we can do for you? >> Huh? >> Is there anything else I can do for you? >> Um, no, sir. >> Okay. Okay. All right. You doing all right mentally? >> Yes. >> Sure. >> My medicine. >> All right. >> Okay. >> I love y'all. Thank y'all. >> All right. That's not your black car, though. The SUV. >> Who's is it? >> You don't know? Someone just parked it in your driveway. >> Mhm. They brought it to my driveway >> and just left it. >> Mhm. >> At 12:49 that morning, Massie called emergency services, reporting strange noises outside her home and a possible prowler. Deputies searched the area but found no one. So, they moved inside to speak with her and get more information. At this point, there was no indication that this call was about to become something far more serious. temple. >> Hello. Yeah, I need um I got the sheriff department here, but I was calling for help from y'all. >> Okay. Are you there with >> They're here in my house right now. >> Okay, I'll let you go. Talk to them. >> No, hold on. Wait a second. Wait a second, sir. >> You can hang up. >> For what? You're there with the deputies, correct? >> No, hold on. Okay, >> you can hang. >> Hold on for what? >> Just one second. Okay. >> Okay. >> What's up? >> I got some paperwork. Can you grab that Bible, please? >> Yeah. Hey, I just need your name so we can get out of here. Has there was there any damage previous to your car? >> Uh, previous. Yeah, it was. >> Okay. What was the damage? >> A dent, I believe. >> But what about windows? Oh, that it was something that happened earlier. >> Okay, perfect. Uh, what is your last name? >> Shouldn't have to think about your last name. You're not in trouble. I just need >> Huh? >> Massie. >> What? You have an ID? That'd make things so much easier. >> I just need just a driver's license will do. And I'll get out of your hair. >> I want to show y'all my paperwork. >> I will get your paperwork. >> What paperwork? >> I got some paperwork. >> Just get your ID real quick. Let's get your ID first and then >> one task at a time here. >> Okay, let me >> here. Grab your ID for me. >> Uh-huh. Okay, >> your ID. One task at a time. So, let's do an ID and then you can dig around for your uh paperwork. >> I don't know where my ID is. >> You have that stack right there, maybe. Okay. >> One second. Check my >> We don't need a fire while we're here. >> Right. Inside the home, Massie appeared nervous and repeatedly pleaded with the deputies not to hurt her. While she searched for her identification, one of the deputies noticed a pot sitting on a lit stove and warned that they didn't need a fire while they were there. Massie moved toward the kitchen to deal with it, but what happens in the next few seconds would have a devastating impact. >> Where you going? >> Huh? >> Where you going? >> Your hot steam water. >> Away from my hot steaming water. >> Yeah. >> Oh, I rebuke you in the name of Jesus. Huh? >> You better not. That's where I'll shoot you face. >> OKAY. >> DROP THE DROP THE FIRE. DROP the bring emails. Now we got head to the female. Head the female. 1078. I was on. I was on. I'm going to go get my kit. Head shot. You're done. You can go get it. But that's [ __ ] God damn it. God. I'm not taking water head. And look, it came right to our feet, too. God damn it. [ __ ] God damn it. >> You good? >> I'm good. You good? >> Yeah, I'm good. Let her know what you do, man. >> You good? >> All right. Well, I mean, you know what else do we do? I'm not taking hot boiling water to face and it already reached us. >> I'll go get my medit. >> Go get Yeah. Hurry and get your med kit. >> I mean, there's not much we can do. We can at least try and hold the stop the blood. >> This is where the entire situation changes. After Massie said, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus." Deputy Shawn Grayson responded with an explicit threat and drew his firearm. Within seconds, the confrontation escalated to deadly force, and Grayson fired three shots, fatally striking Massie. What began as a welfare type call had now become a fatal encounter inside her own home. >> Are you guys secure? >> Yeah, we're secure. >> No, it's just her in the house. She's 1096. >> Is there anything you think we can do for No. >> All right. I'm not even going to waste my stuff, then. You want to run down real quick? >> Nope. Not yet. >> All right. All right. >> House is cleared. She was the only one. >> Where you going? >> No. She had boiling water and came at me with boiling water. >> You her? >> Yeah. She said she was going to rebuke me in the name of Jesus and came at me with boiling water. That's what all this is. I was standing right here. >> All right. >> That's where you landed. [clears throat] >> What do you all need for a moment? >> Just nothing right now. Just hang out out there for me. Yeah, >> I need some the house if you guys can. But other than that, that suspect >> me. >> Oh, I didn't know what happened. >> Yeah, I'm good. Just crazy. While Massie lay critically wounded, the body cam captured what happened immediately afterward. Grayson remained focused on the boiling water and the stove while his partner questioned what they should do. The footage would later become a central part of the investigation into whether Massie posed a threat and how the deputies responded after the shooting. >> Yeah. >> Where's he at? inside with me. >> Yeah, >> that's my fault, man. I didn't know. I didn't know it was >> No, dude. It was good. I so goddamn quick that we didn't have time to call that it was me and >> Yeah, that's why we need to look. >> No, we're good. >> I think she set it up on purpose. >> So, this is what it is. I can't feel an exit wound. I'm not sure. I haven't seen one either. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Don't move that bag. >> Okay. >> Do we know what caliber she was? >> 9 mil. >> Okay. >> Hey, Kelly, do we have any idea who she is? >> We're trying to We were trying to I >> think her name is Caller. All the chances you can >> Grayson was later charged with first-degree murder aggra battery with a firearm and official misconduct. He was convicted of seconddegree murder and other charges in connection with Massiey's death. 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