US EditionFormer Illinois Deputy Sentenced to 20 Years for Sonya Massey Shooting
Sean Grayson received the maximum 20-year sentence for second-degree murder after fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 fearing a prowler, sparking reforms in law enforcement.
- On Thursday, former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years for killing Sonya Massey, with Judge Ryan Cadigan imposing the maximum term allowed for second-degree murder.
- Responding deputies entered Massey's Springfield home on July 6, 2024, after she dialled 911 about a possible prowler, and a dispute over boiling water escalated, which Grayson said made him fear being scalded.
- Body-Camera footage shows the shooting unfold, capturing Sean Grayson's three rounds fired, with Dawson Farley's body-worn camera evidence central as Grayson's own activated shortly after he pulled his weapon.
- The Massey family secured a $10,000,000 wrongful-death settlement, Sean Grayson retains appeal rights, and the judge set March 6 for the hearing; Illinois law allows release after serving about 10 years.
- The case has intensified debates over police practices and mental-health responses, with Massey family and critics urging federal charges and state Sen. Doris Turner backing stricter background checks.
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Sean Grayson Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Murder Of Sonya Massey
Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the July 2024 death of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black mother of two shot after calling 911 to report a possible intruder in her home, was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison followed by two years of mandatory supervised probation. When was Sean Grayson found guilty of Sonya Massey’s murder? Blavity reported that a jury found Grayson, 31, guilty in …
Ex-Illinois deputy gets 20 years for Massey murder
What happenedFormer Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey in her Springfield home. A jury last year found Grayson guilty of second-degree murder.Who said whatThe high-profile case was “defined by graphic police body camera footage shown widely across the nation,” said the Chicago Tribune. The footage showed Grayson, who is white, fatally shooting the 36-year-old B…
Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy sentenced to 20 years in shooting of unarmed Black woman
An Illinois judge on Thursday sentenced a former sheriff’s deputy to the maximum 20 years in prison in the July 2024 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman in her home after she called the 911 emergency line to report a possible intruder, according to court records.
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Ex-deputy sentenced for killing 911 caller
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for shooting and killing Sonya Massey, a Black woman who dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home.
Former Sangamon County, Illinois, sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for the shooting death of Sonya Massey, an unarmed black woman who called police after she thought her home might be broken into.
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