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An inmate receiving treatment at a Tucson hospital was shot and killed by a corrections officer.

The shooting occurred after a fight broke out in the hospital room.

No one else was injured during the incident, and the hospital resumed normal operations.

An inmate was shot and killed by a corrections officer after a fight occurred at a Tucson hospital where the man was receiving treatment, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.

The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Banner University Medical Center South, said spokesperson Kevin Adger.

The man was in a hospital room when the fight began, and "the corrections officer assigned to the inmate fired her department-issued firearm," Adger said.

Despite lifesaving measures, the man died from his injur

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