Damon Fitzgerald
Damon Fitzgerald was held at Tecumseh State Prison in southeast Nebraska when he died in a riot there on March 2, 2017, which killed two people. Prison officials said the violence began after staff confiscated homemade alcohol from people held there. An AP report from 2024 called him the second person killed in the riot, and a 2023 Nebraska Examiner report lists his death as a homicide. An August 2017 news report said his death was still under investigation, and as of the later reports no one had been charged in it.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prison officials said inmates became violent after staff confiscated homemade alcohol during the March 2017 riot at Tecumseh State Prison, and Damon Fitzgerald was killed in that riot, with no charges filed as of the reports.
Reported by: Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (5)
- Inmate charged with arson in deadly Nebraska prison uprising
- Inmate charged in March death at Tecumseh
- Jurors begin deliberating in murder of prison inmate during 2017 riot at Tecumseh State Prison
- Man gets life plus up to 80 years for killing of fellow inmate during Nebraska prison riot
- Life Plus 60-To-80 In 2017 Tecumseh Riot Murder – KCSR / KBPY