Murder Suspect Dies in Prison, Investigation Launched

0:00It's April 24th. This is Hartford News Today, powered by AI. A 20-year-old murder suspect from Hartford died Thursday after prison medics rushed him to a local hospital. Jason Johnson was at the Hartford Correctional Center. When staff realized he needed more advanced care than they could provide there. He was fully conscious and alert when the ambulance took him out. But he passed away shortly after arriving. Officials clocked his time of death at 12.12 pm. Sharp. Here this week, on Tuesday, April 21st, Hartford cops charged Johnson with murder over a fatal shooting from 2025 that killed. Another 20-year-old guy, he'd actually been in the state prison system since August 22. Now stay police and the office of the inspector general have jumped on an investigation into exactly what went down. No extra details out yet on why he got sick. The chief medical examiner will figure out the official cause of death. He will keep an eye on that as more comes to life.