JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL. (WIAT) — Wesley Wayne Moore, of Locust Fork, Alabama, has been identified as the inmate found unresponsive at the Jefferson County Jail on Thursday.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, Moore, 34, was found unresponsive alongside another inmate on the floor of the jailhouse inmate day space in Bessemer.
Medical staff at the jail successfully revived the other inmate by using Narcan, but were unable to revive Moore.
The coroner’s office said Moore was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of undisclosed causes.
Moore had been in inmate at the Jefferson County Jail since August 20 when he was booked in on several charges.
An autopsy will be performed later Friday to determine the cause and manner of Moore’s death.
The circumstances surrounding Moore’s death remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Jefferson County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama, located in the central portion of the state. As of the 2010 census, its population was 658,466. Its county seat is Birmingham, the most populous city in the state – Wikipedia.
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