Crime & Safety
GA Inmate Fatally Shoots Prison Worker, Turns Gun On Self: GDC
A Georgia inmate, who was serving 20 years, was accused of shooting to death a Smith State Prison worker before dying by suicide.
GLENNVILLE, GA — An inmate accused of shooting and killing an employee Sunday at Smith State Prison died by suicide, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.
The shooting happened around 4:30 a.m. The GDC said Jaydrekus Hart fatally shot Aureon Shavea Grace, 24, while working in the prison kitchen. Authorities said Hart then turned the gun on himself and died at a local hospital.
Authorities did not say how the gun got inside of the prison, but they did say the gun is in the custody of the GDC.
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Hart was serving 20 years for voluntary manslaughter out of Carroll County with a maximum release date of June 2043.
"A complete and thorough investigation of what led up to this tragic incident will be carried out," authorities said in a news release.
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