Over a year after Sonya Massey was shot and killed by former police officer Sean Grayson inside her own home, an Illinois jury has handed out a shocking verdict. After 12 hours of deliberation, ...

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder in the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, a Black mother of two who had called 911 about a possible prowler.

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Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, is set to be sentenced on Thursday after his convicted in October 2025 of second-degree murder for the July 2024 fatal shooting of Sonya ...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Illinois Times and was republished with permission. Former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson’s lawyers say he ...

Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after he was convicted in October 2025 of second-degree murder for the July 2024 fatal ...

Sean Grayson has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of Sonya Massey in Sangamon County, Illinois, in 2024. Sean Grayson was found guilty last October of second-degree murder for the ...