The fate of former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson is in the hands of a jury after closing arguments were made Tuesday.

Grayson was charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old woman who had called authorities about concerns there was a prowler outside of her Springfield home in July 2024.

The jury got the case just before noon on Tuesday.

The big question the jury faces is whether they believe Grayson’s explanations of the shooting, which he offered while testifying in his own defense on Monday, or whether they believe prosecutors’ version of events as they unfolded on that fateful July 2024 night.

Body camera footage from Grayson’s partner formed the crux of the prosecution’s argument in the case.

It shows the encounter with Massey,

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