By JOHN O’CONNOR, Associated Press

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois jury is set to continue deliberations Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of a sheriff’s deputy who shot Sonya Massey , a Black woman who had called 911 for help and was later killed in her home because of the way she was handling a pan of hot water.

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