A Georgia inmate died from apparent stab wounds following a fight with a fellow prisoner, according to officials.
Valdosta State Prison inmate Bobby Carpenter died from injuries sustained in the fight Wednesday morning, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Medical staff attempted lifesaving measures, but the inmate died, the department said.
Carpenter’s cause of death appeared to be stab wounds, the Valdosta Daily Times quoted Lowndes County Coroner Austin Fiveash as saying.
His body was sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab in Macon for an autopsy, the coroner said.
Carpenter was sentenced in Cherokee County in 2016 to serve 20 years for armed robbery.
The corrections department is investigating the death as a homicide.
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