UPDATE (9:40 a.m.): Sean Grayson got mad at Sonya Massey while she was in her own kitchen and shot her, the Sangamon County State’s Attorney told a Peoria County jury.

But Grayson’s attorney argued that his client acted properly and in self-defense in the early hours of July 6, 2024, when Massey was shot and killed in her own home.

Opening statements lasted for about 30 minutes as the two sides laid out their vision of the case.

State’s Attorney John Milhiser argued the facts were straight-forward.

“This defendant went into the home of Sonya Massey when she called for help and, without lawful justification, shot and killed her,” he told jurors.

But Dan Fultz of Team Grayson said it was not an unlawful act, but rather an act of self-defense from a deputy who feared being scalded with a

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