Sentenced: Deputy Charged With Killing Woman In Her Home After She Called 911 For Help

[Sugar Cookie]

The family of Sonya Massey is calling for a probe into the hiring of a sheriff’s deputy charged with fatally shooting the 36-year-old Black woman in her Illinois home this month, citing their concerns over records showing he’d worked at six law enforcement agencies in four years and was charged with driving under the influence twice.

Sean Grayson, the 30-year-old Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy who has since been fired from the agency, was indicted by a grand jury last week on three counts of first-degree murder and one count each of aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct in connection with the July 6 shooting at Massey’s home near Springfield.

He has entered a not guilty plea and was denied pretrial release, according to court records. The state’s training and standards board records show Grayson’s law enforcement certification has been suspended.

The Illinois State Police on Monday released 36-minutes of video that includes body-camera footage from each of the two Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies who responded to Massey’s house early on July 6. Massey had called 911 to report a possible “prowler” at her home in Springfield, according to a court document filed by prosecutors.

The body-camera footage shows Grayson and another deputy speaking calmly with Massey in her home – at which point she goes to the stove to turn off a pot of boiling water. She then picks up the pot and the other deputy steps back, “away from your hot steaming water,” he says.


“I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,” she says in response.


“Huh?” the deputy says.


“I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,” she repeats.


“You better f**king not or I swear to God I’ll f**king shoot you in the f**king face,” Grayson says.


He then draws his firearm and points it at her, and she ducks and says, “I’m sorry” while lifting the pot, the video shows.


“Drop the f**king pot!” both deputies yell.


Three shots are heard. After a few seconds of silence, one deputy says, “shots fired” and calls for emergency medical services.


“Dude, I’m not taking f**king boiling water to the f**king head. And look, it came right to our feet, too,” Grayson says.


Minutes after the shooting, Grayson speaks to another law enforcement figure. “She had boiling water and came at me with boiling water,” he says in the video. “She said she was going to rebuke me in the name of Jesus and came at (me) with boiling water.”

Grayson did not activate his body camera until after he fatally shot Massey, according to charging documents. The other deputy had activated his body camera when he first arrived at the scene, the documents state.

In the body-camera footage, Grayson tells his partner that Massey would not need medical help immediately after the shooting.

The other deputy says he’s going to get a medical kit to help, but Grayson responds, “Nah, she’s done. You can go get it but that’s a headshot.”

Grayson later goes to his vehicle to get his own medical supplies. When he gets back to the house, he asks if there’s anything he can do, but is told no.

“All right, I’m not even gonna waste my med stuff then,” Grayson says

Next, Grayson leaves the house and speaks to a group of law enforcement officers outside. “Yeah, I’m good, this f**king b*tch is crazy,” he says, according to the footage.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/us/sean-grayson-illinois-police-officer-shooting-sonya-massey/index.html

 

[cubby]

This guy sounds like he is not only out of control but a dick too.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

Police called fatal Sonya Massey shooting ‘self-inflicted’ despite deputy’s shots​

The deadly shooting of Sonya Massey by an Illinois cop now charged with her murder was initially called in as being “self-inflicted,” newly released audio shows.

Shocking footage released earlier this week showed how Massey, 36, was shot three times after apologizing to officers and ducking down out of their way after one threatened to shoot her “in the f–king face” as she held a pot of boiling water.

Bodycam footage released by Illinois State Police also captured a dispatcher asking the responding Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies: “Just to confirm: self-inflicted?”

“Self-inflicted,” an unidentified voice then answered a few moments later.

Jimmy Crawford Jr., the father of Massey’s daughter, said at a press conference that the hospital staff were told that Massey had taken her own life.

Massey’s son, Malachi Hill Massey, 17, claimed he was told that his mom “had been shot in the eye and it came out her neck,” but was told who did it.

Police called fatal Sonya Massey shooting ‘self-inflicted’ despite deputy’s shots: audio

Illinois police initially claimed that the fatal gunshot to the head that killed a black woman with mental health issues who had called 911 for help was “self-inflicted,” audio from the…

nypost.com

 

[the cat did it]

That poor woman, and the family-to be told at first that this was self inflicted-too many people are accused of suicide with 3 bullet holes to the back of the head. I think this asshole may very well be one of those dick cops who get a hard on for power and conflict.

 

[Ella Mayo]

This news/editorial source will make a lot of DD folks unhappy, but here's some more of the story. Listen to the message and ignore whatever warts you may perceive on the messenger.

The cop clearly has an imperfect record, but the deceased was as daffy as an outhouse rat, and flung a boiling pot from her stove at the cops while mumbling something about consecrating them to Jesus or something:

Sonya Massey Is This Election Cycle’s George Floyd

https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY.png=https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY-213x300.png=Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey about one minute before he shot and killed her. Source: Illinois State Police Nearly two...

www.unz.com

 

[the cat did it]

This news/editorial source will make a lot of DD folks unhappy, but here's some more of the story. Listen to the message and ignore whatever warts you may perceive on the messenger.

The cop clearly has an imperfect record, but the deceased was as daffy as an outhouse rat, and flung a boiling pot from her stove at the cops while mumbling something about consecrating them to Jesus or something:

Sonya Massey Is This Election Cycle’s George Floyd

https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY.png=https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY-213x300.png=Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey about one minute before he shot and killed her. Source: Illinois State Police Nearly two...

www.unz.com

I read it-that's all I am gonna say

 

[onthehalfshell]

This news/editorial source will make a lot of DD folks unhappy, but here's some more of the story. Listen to the message and ignore whatever warts you may perceive on the messenger.

The cop clearly has an imperfect record, but the deceased was as daffy as an outhouse rat, and flung a boiling pot from her stove at the cops while mumbling something about consecrating them to Jesus or something:

Sonya Massey Is This Election Cycle’s George Floyd

https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY.png=https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY-213x300.png=Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey about one minute before he shot and killed her. Source: Illinois State Police Nearly two...

www.unz.com

Unz.com is full of craziness but seems pretty obscure.
Hopefully this obnoxious narrative doesn't take hold.
I would say examine yourself and do better but I know it doesn't work on angry, radicalized people.

 

[Ella Mayo]

Unz.com is full of craziness but seems pretty obscure.
Hopefully this obnoxious narrative doesn't take hold.
I would say examine yourself and do better but I know it doesn't work on angry, radicalized people.

You should take your own advice, but that usually doesn't work on presumptuous, arrogant know-it-alls like yourself. Since I am not omniscient, and therefore may be wrong, here ya go:

metacognition - Google Search

cognitive bias list - Google Search

You're welcome, and good luck examining yourself and doing better.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

Sonya Masseys 4 year old cousin was shot and killed by a police officer in march. Terrell Miller was being held at knifepoint by a man who had just raped and stabbed his mom. https://newsone.com/5435030/sonya-m...d-black-boy-killed-by-illinois-cops-in-march/

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Terrell Marshawn Miller gained his heavenly wings on March 16, 2024. At only 4 years old, Terrell was the light in a lot of people’s world. everyone that he came in contact with life was forever changed. He could hold a conversation like a 50 year old and His intelligence was unmatched . Terrell loved going to church to sing and Praise the Lord. He loved spider man and was truly a hero to so many people.

https://www.clugston-tibbitts.com/obituary/Terrell-Miller

He had the most adorable smile.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The mother of Terrell Miller, age four, is dismayed at the decision not to criminally charge the Macomb police officer that shot and killed her son.

Keianna Miller, the mother of Terrell Miller, age four, is dismayed and disappointed that authorities have declined to criminally charge the Macomb police officer that shot and killed Terrell on March 16, 2024.

At a press conference held on July 29, 2024, outside the Macomb Police Department, Marleen Suarez, attorney for Keianna Miller, summarized the tragic incident when Terrell was killed.

"I watched the body cam video of Terrell's shooting, and it is as tragic as you can imagine." said Ms. Suarez.

She continued to say that Ms. Miller, her family and her legal team do not agree with the decision to decline to issue criminal charges against the police officer that fired his gun during the hostage situation.

Mother of 4-year-old killed by Macomb officer dismayed at lack of charges

The mother of Terrell Miller, age four, is dismayed at the decision not to criminally charge the Macomb police officer that shot and killed her son.

khqa.com

 

[Turd Fergusen]

This news/editorial source will make a lot of DD folks unhappy, but here's some more of the story. Listen to the message and ignore whatever warts you may perceive on the messenger.

The cop clearly has an imperfect record, but the deceased was as daffy as an outhouse rat, and flung a boiling pot from her stove at the cops while mumbling something about consecrating them to Jesus or something:

Sonya Massey Is This Election Cycle’s George Floyd

https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY.png=https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GRAYSON-MASSEY-213x300.png=Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson and Sonya Massey about one minute before he shot and killed her. Source: Illinois State Police Nearly two...

www.unz.com

Um, you can clearly watch in the video, no boiling pot was flung at anyone.

 

[DamagedGoods]

If you are so terrified of a person whose only weapon is a pot of boiling water; a person who is several feet away from you, that you feel compelled to murder them, then perhaps law enforcement is not the proper career for your cowardly self. Maybe take up crocheting doilies or something.

 

[Ella Mayo]

Um, you can clearly watch in the video, no boiling pot was flung at anyone.

"Um" (Eye roll, what are you, a teen girl?), read the comments at the Unz article. They think the cop is incompetent.

 

[Turd Fergusen]

"Um" (Eye roll, what are you, a teen girl?), read the comments at the Unz article. They think the cop is incompetent.

Don't doubt that the cop is incompetent, as are you and Unz.

 

[Ella Mayo]

Don't doubt that the cop is incompetent, as are you and Unz.

No one is so ignorant as one who pretends to total impartiality and omniscience. Unz doesn't know everything, I don't, and you don't.

 

[Ella Mayo]

No one is so ignorant as one who pretends to total impartiality and omniscience. Unz doesn't know everything, I don't, and you don't.

P.S.: Unz is astonishingly competent, an intellectual outlier among humanity . . . but, not omniscient. I disagree with him about plenty. You probably never heard of him until now, as Blubberbutt Failohsobad obviously had never heard of Thomas Sowell, when KnowItAll, the Clique Queen, Googled his name, chose the first fact-Cheka* gate-keeper propaganda site she saw, and reported that he was a segregationist, though he isn't, having grown up black under Jim Crow laws.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder in the 2024 death of Sonya Massey, a Black mother of two who had called 911 about a possible prowler.

Grayson was charged with first-degree murder, but jury instructions included the option to convict him of the lesser charge of second-degree murder.

Jurors deliberated for about 11 hours after closing arguments ended late Tuesday morning. Grayson’s family cried and held hands as the verdict was read.

Outside of the courthouse, protesters celebrated the guilty verdict and chanted, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus."

Attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, who represented her family in a $10 million civil settlement, said they believe Grayson’s actions warranted a first-degree murder conviction, but it was "still a measure of justice for Sonya Massey."

"I'm fueled by rage right now," said Sontae Massey, one of Sonya's cousins, outside the courthouse. "If you get an officer who says he’s going to shoot you in the face, and then he shoots you in the face, and you only get second-degree murder?"

Former federal prosecutor Mark Chutkow said the defense made a "strategic decision" to include the second-degree murder charge.

"The prosecution likely felt confident about their case and was willing to go for an all-or-nothing verdict. But the defense did not want to take that chance, so they advocated for a lesser included charge," he told NBC News.

Grayson faces four to 20 years in prison for second-degree murder. Under state law, he would likely be eligible to get day-for-day credit for good behavior in prison, meaning he could end up serving only half his sentence.

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Sean Grayson found guilty of murder in the death of Sonya Massey

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, was on trial in the 2024 killing of Massey, a Black mother of two who had called 911 about a possible prowler.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[the cat did it]

I do hope he gets the max-me no think he was a good cop...his record speaks for itself...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County deputy who was found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 36-year-old Sonya Massey, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.

Following the trial, which lasted just more than a week from Oct. 20 to Oct. 29, a jury found Grayson guilty of second-degree murder — but acquitted him of first-degree murder.

MSN