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Inmate dies after beating
By The State
Published: 08/15/2005

A Richland County, S.C., jail inmate with a previously unknown heart condition died last Saturday after he was beaten by another inmate during a possible gang initiation, county Coroner Gary Watts said.
Watts said Sunday he doesn't know yet whether the beating directly contributed to the death of Travis Fuller, 20, of Columbia.
Fuller died about 2:15 p.m. Saturday at Palmetto Health Richland after he reportedly lost consciousness while at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, Watts said.
Fuller is the seventh Richland County jail inmate since 2000 and the second this year to die under questionable circumstances.
Watts said Richland County sheriff's investigators are looking into the possibility that Fuller voluntarily participated in a gang initiation during which he was beaten on the chest by another inmate.
Fuller had bruises on his chest when he died, Watts said, though he said he did not know how long the beating had occurred before Fuller lost consciousness. Investigators are trying to determine whether Fuller had exercised during the day, he said.
Fuller's cellmate reportedly attempted CPR on him after he lost consciousness, Watts said.
Watts said if Fuller's heart "distress" occurred immediately after the beating, he likely would classify the death as a homicide.
"If he had a healthy heart, this probably would not have occurred," Watts said.
An autopsy found that Fuller, who had no known history of heart problems, had a "bridging" coronary artery that went through his heart muscle instead of over it as it normally should. When a heart with that condition is put under exertion, it can cause a restricted blood flow, which can lead to fatal cardiac arrhythmia, Watts said.
Fuller was part of the general population at the jail, Watts said, though he didn't know where the beating occurred. It was not immediately known Sunday why Fuller was in jail.
Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Chris Cowan declined comment on the investigation when contacted Sunday.


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