A jury found former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder for the fatal police shooting of Sonya Massey.

Grayson was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the 2024 deadly police shooting, and the jury was given the option of convicting him of second-degree murder. They found him not guilty on all three counts of first-degree murder.

The jury alerted the judge that they had reached a verdict around 2 p.m. It was read at 2:28 p.m.

Grayson was stoic as the verdict was read. Afterward, he stood from the table, put his hands to be handcuffed, and was led out of the courtroom through the back door. His sentencing date has been set for Jan. 29 in Sangamon County court.

One of Grayson's family members was seen crying in the courtroom when the ver

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