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Supermax attack suspect serving life prison sentence for murder

Three staff members were transported to a local hospital for evaluation

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.

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