New information has emerged in the police killing of Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old Black mother who was shot dead in her own home after calling 911 for help. The former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Massey, Sean Grayson, had held six police jobs over the past four years. The ex-officer, who has been charged with first-degree murder, had previously been discharged by the Army for “serious” misconduct.

Meanwhile, Sonya Massey’s family has revealed she is a descendant of William Donnegan, a Black man who survived being lynched by a white mob during a 1908 race riot that killed 17 Black people over a two-day span. The massacre led to the creation of the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.