{"id":53422,"date":"2025-10-28T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jury-begins-deliberating-in-trial-of-ex-officer-sean-grayson-in-sonya-massey-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:26:47","slug":"jury-begins-deliberating-in-trial-of-ex-officer-sean-grayson-in-sonya-massey-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jury-begins-deliberating-in-trial-of-ex-officer-sean-grayson-in-sonya-massey-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury begins deliberating in trial of ex-officer Sean Grayson in Sonya Massey murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Jurors began deliberating late Tuesday morning in the murder trial for\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sean-grayson-sonya-massey-shooting-illinois-disciplinary-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">former Sangamon County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/sean-grayson-sonya-massey-murder-trial-charges-dropped\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sean Grayson<\/a><\/span>, in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman who had called police for help.<\/p>\n<p>The jury received the case following closing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2024, Massey called 911 to report a prowler. Grayson was among the officers who responded.<\/p>\n<p>During their interaction, Massey walked towards a pot of water on the stove. Massey told officers, &#8220;I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,&#8221; before the officers pulled out their weapons, yelling for her to drop the pot. That&#8217;s when Grayson shot Massey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grayson, who faces three counts of first-degree murder, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/sangamon-county-sean-grayson-trial-sonya-massey-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">took the stand on Monday<\/a><\/span> and offered his version of events. When he and his partner arrived at Massey&#8217;s home in the Springfield area on July 6, 2024, Grayson&#8217;s body-worn camera was not on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I should have turned it on when I saw the broken windows of the car outside,&#8221; Grayson told jurors.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson said that the broken window, Massey&#8217;s call for help, and having to wait four minutes for Massey to answer the door made him concerned that someone else could have been in the house.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed, &#8220;I believed she was possibly under the influence of something,&#8221; and said that she appeared &#8220;scatterbrained.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he turned his camera on as he began to question her. He testified that Massey had a pot of boiling water on the stove, and he believed she was threatening to throw it on him when he opened fire, shooting her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw the bottom of the pot was turning red, so it seemed very hot,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Then she picked up the pot and walked towards me. \u2026 I wasn&#8217;t quite sure what she was going to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grayson said Massey asked, &#8220;Where are you going?&#8221; and he responded, &#8220;away from your hot steaming water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I took it as a threat,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It raises a lot of concern for me, and I believe she&#8217;s going to throw the water. \u2026 We were trained to use force that&#8217;s going to gain compliance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grayson said he was equipped with a Taser, but testified, &#8220;She was wearing layers and both prongs have to stick in for the Taser to work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jurors last week heard from Grayson&#8217;s partner,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/sean-grayson-trial-sonya-massey-shooting-former-partner-testify\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">who said he wasn&#8217;t afraid of Massey<\/a><\/span>, but said he was afraid of Grayson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/sangamon-county-deputy-sean-grayson-trial-murder-sonya-massey\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">jury was selected for the trial<\/a><\/span>\u00a0last week, and is made up of nine women and three men. One juror is Black.<\/p>\n<p>In August,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/video\/illinois-house-passes-bill-requiring-stricter-police-hiring-standards-after-killing-of-sonya-massey\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gov. JB Pritzker signed the Sonya Massey Bill<\/a>, which requires more thorough background checks for officers in the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/sara-tenenbaum\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sara  Tenenbaum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 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