One of 30 people whose names were not reported
An unnamed man held at Attica Correctional Facility in New York was one of 33 prisoners killed on September 13, 1971, when state police, National Guardsmen and volunteers retook the prison during the uprising. The record lists his cause of death as gunshot wounds sustained in the crossfire during the retaking. Who fired the shots that struck him is not stated in the source.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed). Official accounts attribute the deaths of prisoners to gunshot wounds in the crossfire when state police and National Guardsmen retook Attica, while the 1972 state commission report and the prisoners' accounts describe troopers and guardsmen firing indiscriminately into the yard and the deaths as caused by staff gunfire.
Reported by: the state commission report on the Attica uprising (outside investigators); the state police and National Guard during the retaking (the agency that held him).