Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Deputy convicted of second-degree murder, sits in the Sangamon County Jail to await sentencing.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Deputy convicted of second-degree murder, sits in the Sangamon County Jail to await sentencing. After a two week long trial, a Peoria County jury, comprised of nine women and three men, convicted the 31-year-old for the shooting death of Sonya Massey inside her Springfield home in July 2024.
Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson is set to be sentenced on Thursday for the deadly shooting of Sonya Massey. This case has sparked statewide outrage, legislative change, and renewed scrutiny of police use of force in Illinois. Grayson was convicted last month of second-degree murder for the July 2024 shooting that killed Massey inside her Springfield home. Prosecutors argued Grayson used unreasonable and excessive force during a late-night response call, while the defense maintained Grayson feared for his safety.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County Deputy convicted of second-degree murder, sits in the Sangamon County Jail to await sentencing.
A jury found former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey inside her home in 2024.
The murder trial of Sean Grayson, the former sheriff's deputy accused of shooting and killing Sonya Massey inside her Sangamon County home in 2024, is underway in Peoria.
The first week of testimony in the Sean Grayson murder trial has concluded, and the family of Sonya Massey is sharing how they are coping as the case unfolds in court.