SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- The Sangamon County Board has approved a $10 million settlement for the family of Sonya Massey. Massey was shot and killed in her kitchen by a county sheriff's deputy ...

Officials in Sangamon County, Illinois, have agreed to a $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey –– a Black woman who was shot and killed by law enforcement in her home last year.

Sangamon County has reached an agreement with the family of Sonya Massey through mediation on an out-of-court settlement. The settlement, in the amount of $10 million, would need final approval ...

SPRINGFIELD — Sangamon County officials have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff's deputy ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Sangamon County officials have proposed a $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey after the woman's death at the hands of a county deputy in July. The ...

Sangamon County Administrator, Brian Mcfadden said, "To pay for this particular settlement, we will not be raising taxes, we will not be issuing any additional debt, we will not be cutting services.