BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana corrections officials and the West Feliciana Parish sheriff’s office are investigating after a fight at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola resulted in the death of an inmate.
The Department of Corrections says 36-year-old Gamarus Everett died Monday.
Everett was involved in a fight in his cell Friday with his cellmate, 41-year-old Jessie Grace. Officers ordered Grace off of Everett, who was unresponsive. Officers immediately began CPR, revived him and transported him to a Baton Rouge hospital, where he died. An autopsy will be performed this week.
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Possible criminal charges are pending against Grace pending the outcome of the investigation and autopsy.
Everett was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder out of Bossier Parish. Grace is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder out of Jefferson Parish.
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