GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — State authorities are investigating after an inmate being held at the Gaston County Jail died at a hospital Friday.
The sheriff’s office said the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at around 5 a.m. He was taken to Caro CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, where he died.
The inmate was identified as Jordan Moses.
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The Gaston County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
No other details have been released.
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