Inmate at federal prison in West Virginia is found dead after reported fight with another inmate
BEAVER, W.Va. — An inmate at a federal prison in West Virginia has died after after a fight at the facility, authorities said.
Andrew Davis, 39, was found with unspecified injuries from a “perceived altercation” with another inmate on Sunday at the Federal Corrections Institute Beckley and treated before being taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, news outlets reported, citing a statement from the Justice Department.
No other inmates or staff at the medium security prison were injured, the statement said. No other details were released.
Davis was serving a nearly six-year sentence out of Ohio. He had been at the prison in Beaver since March 2022.
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