Overview
- Deliberations began Tuesday in Peoria and will resume Wednesday after jurors ended the day without a verdict.
- Jurors asked to rewatch both deputies’ recordings, including side-by-side, with Grayson’s camera capturing only moments before the shooting.
- Judge instructions permit a verdict of first-degree or second-degree murder, with first-degree carrying a potential 45 years to life in prison.
- Prosecutors argued Massey was complying when shot and highlighted Grayson’s threat to “shoot her in the face,” while the defense said he fired in self-defense over a perceived boiling-water attack.
- Grayson testified he chose his firearm over a Taser he believed might fail, and the case—moved to Peoria for fairness—follows a $10 million settlement and a new Illinois law on police hiring disclosures.