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Corrections officer killed by inmate at Stillwater prison, officials say
By twincities.com- Mary Divine & Nick Woltman
Published: 07/19/2018

An inmate serving time for murder killed a corrections officer at the Stillwater state prison on Wednesday, officials say.

Officer Joseph Gomm was attacked by the lone inmate with a weapon at 1:30 p.m., according to a statement released by the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Gomm was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he was pronounced dead.

“The corrections family is reeling from this incident,” Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy said at a news conference in St. Paul. “We are not accustomed to losing staff. … This is a bad day.”

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