A man died Wednesday afternoon in the Tangipahoa Parish jail, the Sheriff's Office said.

Eugene Hickerson, 55, was found unresponsive in his assigned dorm at about 3 p.m. Medical staff began conducting life-saving measures, but Hickerson did not survive.

He had been in custody at the jail in Amite since October after being picked up on several counts of simple burglary and for violating parole.

During the incident, another inmate in a separate dorm suffered a minor medical emergency that does not appear to be related, but jail staff conducted a contraband sweep and no illegal narcotics were found.

The Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigations Division is investigating Hickerson's death, which will include an autopsy to determine the cause.

No other information was made available.

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