Inmate Charged with Murder of Prison Cellmate Identified by Ada County Sheriff’s Office

Gerald B. Cummings Jr. was pronounced dead at 3:38a.m. Saturday, December 11. His cellmate, Colton J. Reagan was charged with first degree murder. Cumming was found unresponsive with injuries that appeared to be consistent with a beating. After Ada County Sheriff’s Office conducted interviews, they concluded Reagan, a 25-year-old and Cummings Jr., a 57-year-old, were the only two people in the cell at the time of the dispute. Reagan has been arrested and moved into a different cell on the Department of Correction campus. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 21.
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