Jun 29, 2009 8:09 am US/Eastern
NY Prison Guard Slain On Brooklyn Street
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
Authorities say a New York state prison guard was shot dead on a Brooklyn street after getting in an argument with another man.
Police say the correction officer was shot several times early Sunday after leaving a barbershop to make a call and getting into the argument. Police did not have a motive for the attack but did not suspect it was robbery.
The State Department of Correctional Services identified the officer as 30-year-old Jeremie Kane. Kane was hired in 2005 and worked in Sing Sing prison before going on leave on workers compensation in May.
It was not clear if Kane was armed when he was shot. He was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital Center. No arrests had been made.
Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison in Ossining, New York, approximately 30 miles north of New York City.
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