On Wednesday, authorities said that a corrections officer at a state prison in New Boston, Texas, who was beaten by an inmate, has died of his injuries.
47-year-old Timothy Davison, a corrections officer at the Barry Telford Unit Prison in New Boston, Texas, was airlifted to Christus St. Michael hospital in Texarkana, where he was later pronounced dead.
The attack happened on Wednesday at about 9 a.m., when Davison was escorting an inmate, 37-year-old Billy Joel Tracy, back to his cell from the dayroom. A spokesperson for the prison said that Davison was killed when Tracy attacked him with an iron bar that is used to open a cell-door slot that officers utilize for delivering meals to inmates.
Tracy is serving a life sentence for aggravated assault and burglary, and a 45-year sentence for a separate conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with serious bodily injury on a public servant, and possession of a deadly weapon in a penal institution.
