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Illinois deputy charged with murder shot woman in face after ordering her to move pot of water

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say an Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black woman shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home. The details were in a court document filed Thursday in support of keeping Sean Grayson in custody. A judge denied pretrial release at a hearing Thursday. Sonya Massey was killed at her home in Springfield after Grayson and another Sangamon County deputy responded to her 911 call early July 6. Prosecutors said Grayson yelled at Massey to put a pot down. They said she put her hands in the air and ducked before he shot her.

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