PEORIA, Ill. (WLS) -- Jury deliberations resumed Wednesday to determine the fate of former sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson.

He's accused of killing Sonya Massey last year while responding to a call.

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Jurors reported to the Peoria County Courthouse at 9 a.m. to resume deliberations which began just before noon Tuesday.

They are deciding whether former Sangamon County Sheriff's Officer Sean Grayson should be found guilty of first or second-degree murder or acquitted in the death of 36-year-old Sonya Massey in July.

Grayson claims he shot Massey in her kitchen because he believed she was going to throw a pot of boiling water at him.

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