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Sonya Massey’s family expresses frustration after ex-deputy convicted on lesser charge

October 30, 2025
By Jericka Duncan
CBS News

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This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Illinois, Jail in January 2025 shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey on July 6, 2024, in Springfield, Illinois. Photo credit: Macon County Jail via The Associated Press

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Ex-sheriff’s deputy in Illinois guilty of 2nd-degree murder of Sonya Massey, unarmed Black woman

October 29, 2025
By CBS News
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This undated photo provided by the family's lawyers in July 2024 shows Sonya Massey of Springfield, Illinois. Photo courtesy Ben Crump Law via The Associated Press

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Jury begins deliberating in trial of ex-officer Sean Grayson in murder of Sonya Massey, unarmed Black woman

October 29, 2025
By CBS News
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This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Illinois, Jail in January 2025 shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey on July 6, 2024, in Springfield, Illinois. Photo credit: Macon County Jail via The Associated Press

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Trial of ex-deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman, in her home is moved to another city

April 9, 2025
By the Associated Press

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Sean Grayson, officer charged in Sonya Massey shooting, had disciplinary record

July 26, 2024
By CBS News

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This undated photo provided by the family's lawyers in July 2024 shows Sonya Massey of Springfield, Illinois. Prosecutors have charged Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson with murdering Massey while responding to an emergency call at her home July 6, 2024, saying in court records that he shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home. Photo courtesy Ben Crump Law via The Associated Press

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Records show deputy charged in Sonya Massey’s fatal shooting worked for 6 agencies in 4 years

July 24, 2024
By The Associated Press
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