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Minnesota inmate accused in guard's death has violent past
By mprnews.org- Matt Sepic
Published: 07/20/2018

The man suspected of killing a guard at the state's prison in Stillwater this week has a long and troubled personal history, both inside and outside the penitentiary walls.

Edward Muhammad Johnson, 42, is serving a 29-year sentence for the 2002 stabbing death of a woman he was living with. As a child in Chicago a decade and a half prior, Johnson witnessed the killing of his mother by his father.

Minnesota Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy said staff are struggling to comprehend the death of Officer Joseph Gomm. His was the first line-of-duty death in the state prison system's history.

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Thursday night that Gomm died of blunt force trauma in an industrial building on the prison grounds, and that Johnson is the sole suspect.

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  1. Kaeli on 07/22/2018:

    The death that violent past has made is something that is known to essay makers and they are trying to work on it. I hope that they achieve what they want and they'll love it.


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