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Hendricks Riley Gunn

42 years old · Coffee Correctional Facility, Coffee County, Georgia

Hendricks Riley Gunn was 42. An online obituary describes him as a native of Cook County who had one son. He died at Coffee Correctional in Coffee County, Georgia, after he was beaten by another man held at the prison, according to a Coffee County grand jury indictment that charges that man with murder. The man named in the indictment has filed a motion claiming he acted in self-defense, and that claim is pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A Coffee County grand jury indicted another inmate for malice murder in Gunn's death, and that inmate has filed a self-defense motion.

Reported by: Coffee County grand jury (court).

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