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| Delaware prison standoff over; corrections officer dead |
| By cnn.com - Eliott C. McLaughlin and Madison Park |
| Published: 02/07/2017 |
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A 19-hour standoff at a Delaware prison ended Thursday, but not before one of the corrections officials taken hostage by prisoners was found dead in the facility, the state Department of Correction said. Sgt. Steven Floyd, a 16-year veteran of the department, was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at 5:29 a.m., minutes before authorities secured the scene at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, officials said. Authorities did not provide a cause of death for Floyd, 47, saying an autopsy will be conducted. Another prison official who had been taken hostage was rescued from the prison's C Building. She was treated at a local hospital. "She is alert and well," Perry Phelps, the state corrections commissioner, said in a news conference. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, a corrections officer radioed for help in a building that houses about 120 inmates. It's unclear what triggered the call for assistance. It's also unclear what weapons the inmates used. Police were told they had "sharp instruments," according to Robert Coupe, secretary of Delaware's Department of Safety and Homeland Security. The all-male facility, the largest in the state, was placed on lockdown and surrounded by police. By the time backup arrived, four corrections employees, including a female counselor, had been taken hostage, police said. Read More. |
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