ATLANTA — An Atlanta inmate and a prison employee are dead after a shooting Sunday.
At approximately 4:30 a.m. Smith State Prison inmate Jaydrekus Hart shot an Aramark food service employee while working in the kitchen, according to our news partners at WSB-TV in Atlanta.
The employee was pronounced dead.
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The inmate then turned the gun on himself.
He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Hart was serving 20 years for voluntary manslaughter with a maximum release date of June 2043.
The Georgia Department of Corrections is investigating what led up to the shooting.
We will continue to follow this story.
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