HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- An inmate at Orange County Detention Center died following a fight that broke out between him and at least one other inmate.
Maurice Antoine King was involved in a verbal altercation with several others on Wednesday night. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the matter "escalated." King, a 35-year-old federal inmate from Durham, was taken to Duke University Medical Center where he died.
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U.S. marshals notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation about King's death. Investigators are conducting interviews with everyone involved.
The sheriff's office says more information will be released as it becomes available.