The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks alongside family members of Sonya Massey during a press conference at New Mount Pilgrim Church on July 30, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Massey was shot and killed in her home by Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson after she called police to report a possible prowler. Grayson, 30, who has since been fired by the department, was indicted by an Illinois grand jury. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct. | Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
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.
