RALEIGH, N.C. (Fox29) - An inmate at a North Carolina prison was assaulted by a group of inmates & killed.
Semajs Short, 24, was attacked in a housing area at Bertie Correctional Institution by a number of other inmates around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, 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 2:37 p.m.
Three other inmates were injured during the assault & were taken to a hospital outside the prison for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Back in 2017, Short had been sentenced to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl, & to attempted murder of the toddler's grandmother.
The murder happened in 2014, when Short was 17 years old. The shooting was in retaliation for the murder of one of Short's friends, when Short & several others decided to target the family of the suspect in their friend's death.State prison records showed that Short had served 5 years of his sentence when he was attacked & killed in the prison. He had been projected to be released in 2044.
The prison was placed on modified lockdown as investigators worked to discover more about what happened & why. No staff were injured, officials said.
The Windsor Police Department and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation & investigating the assault.
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