Sean Grayson, 30, is being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct. He has pleaded not guilty.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois sheriff whose deputy shot Sonya Massey in her home after she called 911 for help said Thursday that it will take the rest of his professional life to rebuild trust in his agency.
Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson killed Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, over a pan of hot water on July 6. In an interview with The Associated Press, Sheriff Jack Campbell said he was horrified by the body camera video that shows Grayson, who is white, shooting Massey just below the eye.
“We will spend the rest of my career, certainly, trying to mend these fences and build bridges to the community to establish trust again,” Campbell said in his office in downtown Springfield, just blocks from the historic home of Abraham Lincoln. …