Sean Grayson, officer who shot Sonya Massey, denied medical release from 20-year prison sentence

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.

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.

Grayson, in a medical release request application obtained by NBC News via a Freedom of Information Act request, had asked to end his 20-year prison sentence after serving only six months.

Liz Mitchell, the spokesperson, said in a statement that the board voted 3-0 to deny Grayson’s application, keeping him imprisoned.

But Sangamon County State’s Attorney John C. Milhiser opposed Grayson’s potential release, writing a letter that recalled the facts of the case and stated that Grayson remains a danger to society.

Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy, was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2023, his attorney, Mark Wykoff said at his sentencing in January, after Grayson was convicted of second-degree murder last year in relation to Massey’s killing.