AKRON, Ohio (AP) - An investigation is underway after an Ohio jail inmate died following an altercation with sheriff’s deputies.
The Summit County Medical Examiner says inmate Anthony Jones died Saturday night. The 36-year-old Jones was hospitalized after the Friday morning incident in a secure part of the county jail.
Bill Holland, spokesman for the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, tells the Akron Beacon Journal (https://bit.ly/2gEiN5W ) two deputies sustained minor injuries.
The paper says Jones was arrested Aug. 7 in Akron on eight charges, six of which involved the illegal handling of weapons or firearms.
Jones was accused of firing a gun into two Akron homes.
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Information from: Akron Beacon Journal, https://www.ohio.com
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