New footage shows Sonya Massey speaking to officers 16 hours before her death

Newly released police body camera footage shows Sonya Massey interacting with police officers 16 hours before she was fatally shot in her Illinois home on July 6, when officers responded to her 911 call about a suspected prowler.

In the video, which was obtained by ABC affiliate WICS and runs about 45 minutes, an upset Massey is seen outside a home on July 5, the day before she was shot by now-former Sangamon County Sheriff Sean Grayson.

“I don’t know where they are,” Massey said in the video, referring to her children.

“They’re at their father’s house,” an officer told Massey. “They’re worried about you, too. Everybody just wants you to be okay. That’s all.”

That encounter occurred after Massey’s mother, Donna, called 911 to report that her daughter was experiencing a mental health episode. In the video, Sonya Massey appeared to be concerned that her utilities had been shut off at her home.

“When I got home I had no hot water and no electricity,” Sonya Massey said in the video. “I had to throw out all the food.”

At one point in the video, Sonya Massey told officers she had been taking her medicine.

“When was the last time you took your medication?” asked one respondent.

“Last night,” Sonya Massey replied.

When Donna Massey called 911 on July 5, she pleaded with police not to hurt her daughter.

“She’s been having a mental breakdown,” Donna Massey said in the 911 call obtained by ABC News. “She thinks everyone is out to get her.”

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump was hired by Sonya Massey’s family shortly after her death.

“The family of Sonya Massey is devastated by these new images, which clearly show she was in the midst of a mental health crisis,” Crump told ABC News in a statement Thursday. “Officer Sean Grayson’s decision to use deadly force against a woman in distress remains inexcusable, unacceptable and criminal. Grayson must continue to be held accountable for his actions that killed Sonya, who was in desperate need of help.”

Hours later, at 12:49 a.m. on July 6, Sonya Massey called 911 herself to report a disturbance.

“It sounds like someone’s been banging on the side of my house. I don’t know,” Sonya Massey said as she called 911. “Could you come check it out?”

Grayson, 30, and a second unnamed Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to 911 at his Springfield home.

Body camera footage showed Massey, who was unarmed, saying “Please don’t hurt me” to the two responding officers once she answered knocks on her door.

“I don’t want to hurt you, you called us,” Grayson said.

Later in the video, Grayson is seen pointing to a pot of boiling water on the stove while inside Massey’s home as she searched for her ID.

“We don’t need a fire while we’re here,” he said.

Massey then poured the water into the sink.

“I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,” he said.

Grayson then yelled at Massey and threatened to shoot him, the video shows, and Massey apologized and crouched behind a counter, covering his face with what appears to be a red oven mitt. He stood up briefly, at which point Grayson shot him three times in the face, the video shows. The former officer rendered no aid.

Grayson said he feared for his life during his encounter with Massey, according to documents released by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office last month.

“While I was at the scene, I was scared, Dep. (drafted) “I was going to receive great physical harm or be killed. Because I feared for our safety and life, I fired my service weapon,” Grayson wrote in his field report.

Grayson is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a firearm and official misconduct. He is being held without bail and has pleaded not guilty.

According to police records, Grayson worked for six police departments in four years, was charged with driving under the influence twice and was discharged from the military for gross misconduct. Grayson’s next court appearance is Oct. 21.

“The biggest question is, how did this man get hired in law enforcement?” James Wilburn, Sonya Massey’s father, told ABC News in an interview in July. “But here we have a man who, in four years, has been in six different departments.”

ABC News’ Sabina Ghebremedhin and Kimberly Randolph contributed to this report.