US EditionFormer police officer Sean Grayson guilty of 2nd-degree murder in Sonya Massey shooting
- On Wednesday a Peoria jury convicted former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson of second-degree murder, a lesser charge than the original first-degree murder count.
- On July 6, 2024, deputies responded after a 911 call about a prowler at Sonya Massey, 36-year-old woman's home, focusing on a pot of boiling water Massey removed from her stove, with bodycam video from Dawson Farley key to the case.
- Grayson testified on Oct. 27 that he feared Massey would throw boiling water and said, `We are trained to use force that will gain compliance`; the nine-woman, three-man jury took parts of two days to reach a verdict.
- Grayson faces a possible sentence of four to 20 years with day-for-day good time, but he could receive probation; sentencing is set for January 29 in Sangamon County.
- The case produced a $10,000,000 settlement and state reforms, as the Massey family secured the payout and Illinois lawmakers mandated fuller background transparency for law enforcement candidates.
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Illinois Deputy Sean Grayson Convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Shooting Death of Sonya Massey
An Illinois jury convicted a former sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old woman, inside her home. Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was initially charged with first-degree murder. The Peoria County jury opted to convict him of second-degree murder, a lesser charge with a lower prison sentence. Massey’s father, James Wilburn, called the jury’s verdict a “miscarriage of jus…
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Sonya Massey’s Family Wins Historic $10M Settlement While Officer Awaits Trial
An Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the death of Sonya Massey, who was shot inside her apartment last year after moving a pot of hot water into a sink. The 36-year-old mother of two called the police for help. She was shot dead on her kitchen floor. Sean Grayson, the 31-year-old former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy who shot her, has been held in a local jail without bond since his arre…
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