PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Closing arguments are scheduled to begin shortly, and by day's end, there could be a verdict in the Sean Grayson murder trial.

A Peoria County jury -- the case was moved here due to pretrial publicity -- will deliberate on whether Sean Grayson should be found guilty or acquitted of first-degree murder charges for the July 6, 2024, shooting death of Sonya Massey.

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 also an option.

First-degree murder has a sentencing range of 20 to 60 years behind bars and if jurors find Grayson pulled the trigger -- a factor that a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case requires juries to find -- an additional 25 years to lif

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