NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee's lead investigative agency is looking into a state prison inmate death that authorities are calling a homicide.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Susan Niland identified the deceased Riverbend Maximum Security Institution inmate as 40-year-old Bradley Johnson.
Niland says the bureau on Feb. 18 responded to a homicide reported at the prison in Nashville.
Niland says the investigation is ongoing.
Tennessee Department of Correction spokesperson Dorinda Carter confirmed the TBI is investigating, likewise calling it a homicide.
Riverbend can hold 748 male inmates, 480 of those classified as high-risk. Riverbend also houses all of the state's male death row inmates.
Prison records show Johnson was serving a 43-year sentence that began in 1998.