On September 8, 2019, at approximately 6:26pm the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) responded to Columbus Regional Healthcare Systems in reference to a reported assault. Upon arrival, deputies conducted an initial investigation and learned an inmate housed at the Columbus Correctional Institution had been stabbed multiple times. A short time later, the CCSO Criminal Investigations Division arrived and conducted an in depth investigation.
After the investigation was complete, the CCSO Criminal Investigations Division along with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety identified and charged five suspects in this case. On September 17, 2019, criminal summons were served on the following individuals.
Name: Ahmad Kyshun Brooks
DOB: 09/29/1995
Charges: Assault inflicting serious bodily injury
Name: Dedric Lorenzo McKenzie
DOB: 04/11/1996
Charges: Assault inflicting serious bodily injury
Name: Travontae Reash Bess-Staton
DOB: 07/14/1997
Charges: Assault inflicting serious bodily injury
Name: Anthony S. Mitchell
DOB: 07/14/1990
Charges: Assault inflicting serious bodily injury
Name: Damarick Lamar Harper
DOB: 10/07/1994
Charges: Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury
Who was the victim of the 5 that were arrested for the stabbing? ( I’m begging u to know this bc my fiancé is housed there.!
He’s White, 62 years old.)