A grand jury has found no wrongdoing in the death of a Nebraska State Penitentiary inmate who died in August after collapsing while playing basketball.
Lucius Turner, 35, died of natural causes as a result of cardiac dysrhythmia due to left ventricular dominant arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, according to the grand jury report filed at the Lancaster County District Court Clerk's Office.
In the report, Daniel Clancy, a criminal investigator with the Nebraska State Patrol, said Turner had just made a jump shot, high-fived another inmate, then collapsed as he went to sit down.
Staff called 911 and immediately began CPR and used an automated external defibrillator before Lincoln Fire & Rescue workers arrived and took over.
But they couldn't save him. Turner was pronounced dead at 4:02 p.m.
People are also reading…
A grand jury is required by law whenever an inmate dies in custody.
Turner had been incarcerated since 2008 and was serving a 40-55-year sentence for two counts of robbery from Lancaster and Gage counties.