Officials said the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the incident.
An Ohio correctional officer was fatally assaulted by an inmate at the Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe on Christmas morning.
According to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the officer involved in the incident was Andrew Lansing. The agency said the inmate accused in the assault was transferred to the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, but did not release additional information on the inmate or what led to the incident.
In a statement, ODRC asked that the public keep Lansing’s families and loved ones in their thoughts.
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“Officer Lansing is a long-time, well-respected employee at Ross, and his untimely death – on Christmas Day – is heartbreaking for his family, the entire Ross Correctional Institution family, and our agency as a whole. Officer Lansing was loved by his colleagues and known to be a great support for his fellow RCI staff. He was a friendly, outgoing officer who treated everyone with respect and was always a professional,” the agency said in part of a statement.
ODRC said the institution is operating under restricted movement while the Ohio State Highway Patrol investigates the incident.
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