Former Illinois sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, convicted of fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her home in 2024 after she called 911, has died while serving a prison sentence, according to his attorney and multiple outlets.
Grayson, 32, was found guilty in October of second-degree murder and was serving a 20-year term. Reporting describes his death occurring in prison on Sunday, about six months after his conviction. One outlet also says he had stage 3 colon cancer and was denied medical release in July.
The accounts do not agree on specific details beyond what each source reports about timing and medical circumstances. They also do not provide a definitive cause of death; one outlet notes that the cause remains unclear. Authorities have not been described as issuing a separate public statement in the provided summaries.
The death ends Grayson’s sentence arising from the 2024 incident that prosecutors tied to Massey’s 911 call. The reports continue to frame the case around the conviction and the circumstances of her death, with limited additional information on the circumstances surrounding his passing.
