CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WSMV) – The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after an inmate died while in custody early Friday morning.
HCSO said corrections deputies found an unresponsive inmate during a welfare check in the Bravo housing unit at the Hamilton County Jail about 3 a.m.
Deputies and medical personnel immediately began administering life-saving measures. The inmate, identified as Deshawn Brazell, was taken to a Hamilton County hospital, where he was pronounced dead…