The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the shooting of an Illinois woman who was killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy as it investigates how local authorities treat Black residents and people with behavioral disabilities.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the deadly police shooting of a Black woman that happened at her downstate Illinois home back in July.

The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months after a deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey while responding to her call about a possible prowler outside the 36-year-old Black woman’s home.

SummaryDOJ letter cites statutes from 3 separate federal laws on race, disabilities, police safety The United States Department of Justice has issued a letter formally notifying the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office of potential violations of federal statute,

The Justice Department also reviewed the sheriff’s department’s employment practices, such as a lack of diversity on the force. These allegations collectively raise concerns of race and disability discrimination prohibited by Title VI,

The police killing of Sonya Massey has promoted a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The government made a list of demands in dozens of categories in a letter Thursday to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office.

The fatal shooting earlier this year of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, sparked national outcry over police violence.

Sonya Massey was shot and killed while deputies responded to her call about a possible prowler outside her home in July.