PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Within an hour, the 12 jurors who are deliberating in the Sean Grayson trial will get back to work on deciding whether he's guilty of murder.

After more than 6 1/2 hours of deliberations, the jury was sent home Tuesday with orders to resume Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.

The panel of 12 went out at about 11:40 a.m., Tuesday. Now it’s a waiting game for both the Grayson family and the family of Sonya Massey, who was shot and killed by the former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy on July 6, 2024.

Closing arguments took about 2 hours and 15 minutes, after which the judge read instructions to the jury. Jurors will also have the ability to consider a lesser charge of second-degree murder, which carries a possible prison term of four to 20 years behind bars. Probation is al

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