A former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey at her Springfield home in July 2024. After a jury convicted Sean Grayson of second-degree murder Oct.

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting of 36-year-old Sonya Massey inside her Springfield-area home, following a weeklong trial moved to Peoria. Prosecutors said Grayson violated ...

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday in the killing of 26-year-old Sonya Massey. Grayson shot Massey, a Springfield, Illinois, mother of two, inside her home in 2024 after she called ...

PEORIA, Ill. — A jury on Wednesday convicted an Illinois sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder, a lesser charge, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 to report a suspected prowler. Sean Grayson could be sentenced to up ...