Sonya Massey’s mother called 911 to report her daughter having a mental breakdown a day before Massey, 36, was fatally shot inside of her home by an Illinois deputy, according to emergency call audio released this week.
“She has been having a mental breakdown, which is something new to me,” Donna Massey, her mother, can be heard saying on the call. “She is not a danger to herself, she is not a danger to me. But when she gets upset, then she thinks everyone is after her, like paranoid or schizophrenic.”
The call provides more context about whether authorities knew that Sonya Massey was suffering from mental health issues on July 6, when a deputy fatally shot her in Springfield, Illinois.
Sean Grayson, 30, was fired from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department and charged with three counts of first-degree murder on July 17 for shooting and killing Massey while she was holding a pot of water inside of her kitchen. Grayson was also charged with aggravated battery and official…