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Keith Rushing

41 years old · died September 7, 2022 · East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Keith Rushing, 41, died at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on September 7, 2022. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said he died after a suspected opioid overdose. Another person who overdosed at the same time recovered after Narcan was given. The sheriff's office said it is investigating the overdoses and has opened an inquiry into narcotics at the facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said Keith Rushing died of a suspected opioid overdose and that it is investigating the overdoses and narcotics at the facility.

Reported by: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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