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Hennepin County Jail Inmate Dead In Apparent Suicide

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A 46-year-old inmate at the Hennepin County Jail is dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide.

The man was found unresponsive in his cell.

He had been in jail for 12 days after being arrested on a criminal sexual conduct charge.

Deputies began CPR before paramedics arrived, and the man was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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