SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Sean Grayson is due in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing that will affect the future of the trial.
In July, Grayson and another Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy responded to Sonya Massey’s 911 call after she said she saw a prowler near her house. Body camera footage shows Grayson shot Massey, a Black woman, in the head after she moved a pot of boiling water from her stove.
Grayson was charged with first-degree murder and fired from the sheriff’s office. He pleaded not guilty.

Grayson’s legal team previously filed a motion to move the trial out of Sangamon County, arguing that local news coverage of Massey’s death would make it impossible to find an impartial jury.
The former deputy is currently being held in the Macon County Jail. 

This is a developing story that will be updated.