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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An inmate at the Oklahoma County Jail was found dead inside a cell that he shared with another inmate, jail officials said Monday. During a routine check Saturday evening, jail staff observed an inmate with a weapon in his hand and the inmate's cellmate under a mattress with blood in the cell, jail spokesman Mac Mullings said in a statement.
By: Jennifer Pierce
An Oklahoma County Detention Center inmate was charged with first-degree murder by the Oklahoma County district attorney.
Shaquile Brown, 27, is accused of beating his cellmate, 40-year-old Brad Lane, to death with the metal part of a medical walking boot on Jan. 2.
The Oklahoma County district attorney expressed concern about the number of recent inmate deaths at the detention center. He asked the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to help expose any deficiencies happening inside the jail.
Four inmate deaths in only a few weeks and Lane was one of them. An affidavit revealed what a happened the day Lane died.