The trial of an ex-deputy who shot an unarmed Black woman in her home is moved to another city
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Sontae Massey, right, cousin of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman shot in her home last summer by former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, speaks to reporters at the Sangamon County Courthouse , Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Springfield, Ill., following a hearing in which a judge ordered Grayson's first-degree murder trial be moved to Peoria, Ill. because of intense publicity. Joining Massey is Springfield-area activist Teresa Haley. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney representing the family of Sonya Massey, stands next to a diagram from the slain woman's autopsy on Friday, June 26, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor,File)
FILE - This booking photo provided by the Macon County, Ill., Jail in January 2025, shows Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey on July 6, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. (Macon County Jail via AP,File)
Sontae Massey, right, cousin of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman shot in her home last summer by former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, speaks to reporters at the Sangamon County Courthouse , Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Springfield, Ill., following a hearing in which a judge ordered Grayson's first-degree murder trial be moved to Peoria, Ill. because of intense publicity. Joining Massey is Springfield-area activist Teresa Haley. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)
