No details about the alleged assault or the inmate were immediately released. The prison was said to be "operating under restricted movement" and the Ohio State Highway Patrol was investigating.

Authorities have released the identity of the inmate who is being accused of attacking and killing an Ohio veteran corrections officer ... On Thursday, The Ohio State Highway Patrol identified ...

Lansing died after an assault by an inmate on Christmas ... according to the state. Lansing's death comes just a few months after a corrections officer in Ohio was killed during a training exercise.