UPDATE: Sean Grayson was found guilty of second-degree murder in Sonya Massey's shooting death. Massey's murder ignited national outrage and was cited as an example of the continuing racist treatment ...

Sean Grayson has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. The trial began on Wednesday of Sean Grayson, the former sheriff’s deputy, who was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the ...

Sonya Massey called the police for help. Minutes later, she was dead. Now, her family hopes this trial will bring justice for Sonya. The trial of a former Illinois deputy accused of killing ...

Emotions ran high in an Illinois courtroom Wednesday as a jury watched body camera video showing the moments a former sheriff's deputy shot Sonya Massey in her kitchen. Sean Grayson, 31, sat in the ...

As former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson's trial is set to begin, the Massey family says they are expecting thousands to stand outside the courthouse in Peoria to show support. "I think there ...

With the trial of former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, accused of murdering Sonya Massey, set to begin in Peoria on Oct. 20, The State Journal-Register has compiled a timeline of ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) -- Opening statements and testimony began Wednesday in the trial of Sean Grayson. The former Sangamon County deputy is charged with shooting and killing Sonya Massey in her home.

The first day of testimony in the murder trial included a Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy. There was emotional reaction in the courtroom when body-worn camera footage was played. PEORIA -- A Sangamon ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had ...

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