Sean Grayson, the former Illinois sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, pleaded guilty twice to DUI. NBC News' Janelle Griffith reports Grayson also disclosed a history of alcohol abuse on a job application.
Personnel files from a sheriff’s department that recently employed the deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home revealed additional details about his work history before he arrived in Sangamon County, Illinois. Sean Grayson worked for the Logan County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office from May 2022 to April 2023. In his job application, he disclosed that he had abused alcohol in the Army and that he had been intoxicated “a lot” in his life.
According to a copy of the applicant interview, Grayson said that he did not drink regularly, “only on vacation,” and that he had last had a drink at a wedding in January of that year. In response to a question about how many times in his life he had been intoxicated, Grayson responded, “A lot. Maybe over a hundred,” according to the document. Grayson’s attorney declined to comment.
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