(KLZA)-- 29 – year-old Adrian Eagle Elk, an inmate, at the Tecumseh State Correction Institution died on Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Johnson County Hospital.
At approximately 7:00 a.m., staff members observed Eagle Elk unresponsive in his cell from an apparent suicide attempt. They immediately initiated CPR; Eagle Elk was transferred to the local hospital via emergency responders, where he was pronounced dead at 7:58 a.m.
Eagle Elk was serving a sentence of 24 to 39 years for charges in Scottsbluff County. He was convicted of one count first degree assault, three counts second degree assault, one count escape using force/deadly weapon and one count third degree assault.
The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the death, as is the case whenever an inmate dies in the custody of the Department of Correctional Services, a grand jury will conduct an investigation.
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