An Illinois sheriff whose deputy was fired, arrested and charged in July in the fatal shooting of a Black woman, said on Friday that he will retire at month-end.
"It has become clear that the current political climate has made it nearly impossible for me to continue effectively in my role," Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said in a statement.
His deputy, Sean Grayson, 30, fired three shots, striking Sonya Massey, 36, once in the face during a call for help at her home. Grayson pleaded not guilty to murder in July.
Massey, a mother of two teenagers, had called police about a suspected intruder in her Springfield home, according to Ben Crump, a civil rights lawyer representing the family.