RALEIGH, N.C. — An inmate at a North Carolina prison was assaulted by a group of inmates and killed, state officials said Tuesday.
Offender Semajs Short, 24, was attacked in a housing area at Bertie Correctional Institution by a number of other inmates at 2:14 p.m. today, the N.C. Department of Public Safety said in a news release.
Emergency workers at the prison performed life-saving measures until local paramedics arrived. Short was pronounced dead by paramedics at approximately 2:37 p.m., the news release said.
Three other inmates were injured during the assault and were taken to a hospital outside the prison for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, the department said.
The Windsor Police Department and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation are investigating the assault. The prison was placed on modified lockdown as investigators worked to discover more about what happened and why. No staff were injured, officials said.
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