Sean Grayson, 31, the former sheriff’s deputy, who fatally shot Sonya Massey in 2024, is now scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday. According to the body camera, Grayson and Sheriff’s Deputy Dawson Farley arrived at the scene and searched the woman’s yard. A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy, Sean Grayson (31), has been convicted of second-degree murder for the 2024 fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, 36, an unarmed Black mother who had called 911 for help. Officer Sean Patrick Grayson, who killed, Sonya Massey was working at his SIXTH police department in just under 4 years. The case raised some questions about U.S. law enforcement officers shooting Black people at their homes.