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Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the July 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey

Massey, a 36-year-old mother of two, had called 911 because she feared an intruder was in her home

Grayson was charged with first-degree murder, but the jury was given the option of convicting him on second-degree charges instead

A former sheriff's deputy in Illinois has been found guilty of murder in the killing of Sonya Massey , a Black woman who was shot after calling 911 because she feared an intruder was in her home.

Sean Grayson, 31, who is White, was convicted on second-degree murder charges on Wednesday, Oct. 29, according to the Associated Press and NBC News .

He had previously been charged with first-degree

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