$10 million settlement in Sonya Massey shooting case gets final approval

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Massey’s family, held a virtual news conference Wednesday on what would have been her 37th birthday.

Crump said it “is only the first step in the journey for justice.”

He and Antonio Romanucci, another family attorney, called the settlement “historic.”

“It’s our understanding that this, by far, is the largest settlement reached in Sangamon County of any kind, let alone a civil rights case such as this one,” Romanucci said.

Read more coverage of the historic settlement and press conference from Janelle Smith for NBC News.