By Jace Larson
9 News
FLORENCE, Colo. — 9Wants to know has confirmed that the inmate investigators say assaulted three staff members at the Supermax prison is behind bars serving a life sentence for killing another inmate at a federal prison in Louisiana.
Ishmael Petty, 44, allegedly attacked the staff members at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum in Florence using a homemade weapon around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
Staff immediately responded and were able to restrain the inmate, according to a Bureau of Prisons news release.
Full story: Supermax attack suspect serving life prison sentence for murder