Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Darren Shira

died May 16, 2018 · Columbia Correctional Institution, Columbia County, Florida

Darren Shira died on May 16, 2018, while held at Columbia Annex, a Florida state prison, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which recorded the manner of death as homicide. Local news reports from 2019 say a fellow person held in the same cell killed him at Columbia County Correctional Institution in Lake City, and that the cellmate later faced a court case. The two accounts name different facilities.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as a homicide, and an account of the cellmate's court case says a fellow inmate killed him.

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); news coverage of the cellmate's court case (reporters).

News reports (2)