One dead, four injured in stabbings at notorious jail in Atlanta that’s under federal investigation

Published September 1, 2023 12:04 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute between men held at a jail in Atlanta that is already under federal investigation. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday that 23-year-old Dayvion Blake was pronounced dead around 3:30 p.m. Thursday after the stabbings at the County Jail. He and three others were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, while a fifth man was treated at the jail by medical staff. Five people, including Blake, have died in Fulton County custody in just over a month. The county medical examiner’s office plans to do an autopsy on Blake.

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