The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirms that an inmate was shot and killed and an officer was injured at a Georgia hospital Tuesday.
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According to the GBI, officers were at Washington County Medical Center with 31-year-old Jacob Henson, of Canton, who was being treated after he was stabbed in a fight at Washington State Prison.
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Henson got in a fight with a Georgia Department of Corrections officer, overpowered the officer and grabbed his pepper spray canister, the GBI said. The spray incapacitated that officer. Henson then charged at a second officer with the spray. The second officer fired her gun, hitting and killing Henson.
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