On October 29, 2025, an Illinois jury found former deputy Sean Grayson guilty of second-degree murder in the July 2024 shooting death of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 from her Springfield home reporting a prowler. The verdict marks a pivotal moment in a case that exposed systemic questions about law-enforcement accountability after Massey was fatally wounded following Grayson’s confrontation over a pot of hot water in her kitchen.