Officials in Sangamon County, Illinois, approved the payout after Massey was killed in her home last summer by a sheriff's deputy. She had called for help.

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The family of Sonya Massey agreed to a $10 million settlement with Sangamon County after her shooting death by an ex-deputy.

Massey was fatally shot in her home by a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy after she called 911 to report a possible intruder to her home in an unincorporated neighborhood of Springfield, Illinois.