A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. Al Sharpton, right, speak during a press conference over the shooting death of her daughter, Sonya, who was killed by Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, at New Mount Pilgrim Church in Chicago, July 30, 2024. Al Sharpton, right, speak during a press conference over the shooting death of her daughter, Sonya, who was killed by Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, at New Mount Pilgrim Church in Chicago, July 30, 2024. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)(AP/Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home. “Sonya Massey’s death rocked her family, but it rocked the community, it rocked the country,” State’s Attorney John Milhiser said.