Tyrone W. Miller
Tyrone W. Miller, 23, died on May 19, 2008, at the Oklahoma State Reformatory in Granite, Oklahoma, where he was held. He was one of two men killed in a fight that broke out in a recreation yard and spread from one housing unit's yard to another, lasting about five minutes. Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie said the fight began after one man spat on another and grew into a fight along racial lines. Officials said the cause of the violence was still under investigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Prison spokesman Jerry Massie said Miller was one of two men killed in a recreation-yard fight that grew from a dispute between inmates along racial lines.
Reported by: Department of Corrections spokesman Jerry Massie (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.