Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson died Sunday while serving a 20-year prison sentence for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home, his attorney confirmed to Fox News Digital.Grayson’s attorney, Daniel Fultz, did not provide further details about his client’s death.Before the shooting, Grayson was battling colon cancer.At sentencing, his attorneys said the cancer had spread to his liver and lungs.DEMOCRAT LAWMAKER'S 107 MPH TRAFFIC STOP BRINGS BODYCAM BATTLE FRONT AND CENTER AGAINIn May, Grayson sought medical release from prison under an Illinois law for inmates with terminal or serious illnesses.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board denied the request last month.This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Illinois, jail in January 2025, shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy who was convicted of murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey on July 6, 2024, in Springfield, Illinois.(Macon County Jail via AP)A jury convicted Grayson, 32, in October of second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield-area home.Body-camera video released after the July 6, 2024, shooting showed Massey ducking and apologizing moments before Grayson fired three shots inside the home.
One struck her in the head.ICE RESUMES NATIONWIDE TRAFFIC STOPS UNDER NEW POLICY REQUIRING BODY CAMERASMassey called police shortly before 1 a.m.to report what she believed was suspicious activity outside the home, about 200 miles southwest of Chicago.
Grayson and another deputy walked around the property before speaking with Massey at the front door, where she told them, "Don’t hurt me."In this image taken from body camera video released by Illinois State Police on Monday, July 22, 2024, former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, left, points his gun at Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help, before shooting and killing her inside her home ...