DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
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A female corrections officer was killed at the Tomoka Correctional Institution, the Florida Department of Corrections reported.
A man serving two life sentences for rape and kidnapping, Enoch Hall, 39, is suspected of killing veteran corrections officer Donna Fitzgerald Wednesday night.
The department released a statement after the incident.
"An inmate has been identified as the suspect and is in confinement at this time," department representative Greti Plessinger told the Daytona Beach News Journal.
"Words cannot express the sorrow I feel over the loss of our correctional officer," Department of Corrections Secretary Walter McNeil said. "The entire department grieves the murder of one of our finest officers and we pray for the victim's family during this difficult time."
The Tomoka facility opened in 1981 and houses about 1,200 inmates ranging from minimum security to violent felons.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Volusia County Sheriff's Office is assisting in the investigation.
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