SPRINGFIELD, IL (IRN) — A fatal police-involved shooting in Springfield earlier this month is driving calls for reforms on how law enforcement interact with the public.

In the early morning hours of July 6, Springfield resident Sonya Massey called police about a suspected prowler. Two Sangamon County Sheriff deputies arrived on the scene. Body camera footage released by Illinois State Police Monday show Deputy Sean Grayson, who is white, confronting Massey, a Black woman, after making contact, threatening to shoot her in the face. Massey was then shot in the head.

Grayson reacted to his partner wanting to provide aid.

“I’m going to go get my kit,” Grayson’s partner said.

“You can go get it, but that’s a headshot,” Grayson said.

Massey was still breathing moments after the shooting before other first responders arrived but later died.

Grayson is later heard on the body camera footage telling another responding officer what happened.

“She said she was going to rebuke me in the name of Jesus and came at me with boiling water, that’s what all of this is,” Grayson said. “I was standing right here … and that’s where she’s landed.”

Grayson was relieved of duty, faces murder charges and remains in jail pending trial.

Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell posted a statement that Massey lost her life due to an “unjustifiable and reckless decision” and Grayson had other options he should have used.

“His actions were inexcusable and do not reflect the values or training of our office,” Campbell said. “He will now face judgment by the criminal justice system and will never again work in law enforcement.”

Reaction poured in condemning the shooting. President Joe Biden posted on social media that “all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not.”

“Jill and I mourn with the rest of the country and our prayers are with Sonya’s family, loved ones, and community during this devastating time,” Biden said in a statement.

On the U.S. House floor Monday, Illinois U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Springfield, called for reforms.

“We must confront and end the use of excessive force against unarmed people of color in this country,” Budzinski said.

Massey’s family is being represented by high profile attorney Benjamin Crump.

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