According to reports, a 5-year-old kindergartener died from injuries sustained on the job. Virginia Department of Correctionsreported that correctional officer Karmisia Phillip Fields and her dog responded when an inmate chained to MS-13 assaulted another inmate.
VADOC said the Belgian Malinois named Rivian died after being “repeatedly stabbed and kicked.”
“On Tuesday, April 2, three inmates affiliated with the MS-13 gang housed at Sussex First State Prison violently attacked another inmate in one of the facility’s housing units. “It appears that the inmate supervised the brutal assault,” VADOC noted. . “Mr. Livan was violently and repeatedly stabbed and kicked by inmates, and then tragically died inside the facility while VADOC staff attempted life-saving measures.
“Officer Phillip Fields, a trained K-9 handler and four-year veteran of the department, was spared serious injury thanks to his training and Livan’s brave actions.Philip Fields. “The actions of Officer Fields, responding correctional officers, and Livan restored order. The attacked inmate was transported to a local hospital for injuries sustained in the attack and then returned to the facility,” VADOC said. .
The ministry said it believed the inmates involved in the assault were in the country illegally at the time of their arrest.
“The inmates involved in the malicious attacks are from El Salvador and Guatemala, and at least three have been confirmed to be members of MS-13. The inmate faces charges including first-degree murder, attempted rape, kidnapping/kidnapping, malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, child pornography charges, grand larceny, and possession of Schedule III drugs. He is in jail on multiple charges. “The Virginia Department of Corrections intends to pursue the prosecution of these inmates to the fullest extent of the law,” VADOC said.
VADOC said the dog, which would have turned 6 years old at the end of this month, said its “father worked for a police department in southwest Virginia and her mother worked for the U.S. intelligence community.”
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin said: Tweet“God bless the heroic K-9 Livan who died in the line of duty in Virginia. The brutal members of MS-13 will be held accountable.”
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