Ex-deputy who shot Sonya Massey is denied a request for medical release from prison

A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy won’t get an early medical release from his two-decade prison sentence for killing a Black woman who called 911 about a possible prowler, state officials decided Friday.

Illinois prison officials say the former sheriff’s deputy who killed Sonya Massey won't get an early medical release from his two-decade prison sentence

The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled Friday that Sean Grayson, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, will remain in prison despite a medical release application citing advanced colon cancer.

Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff's deputy who was convicted for shooting Sonya Massey, was denied early release by a prisoner review board on Friday.

Sean Grayson, the man who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home in 2024, has been denied medical release by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, a board spokesperson said Friday.