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LILLINGTON, N.C. (WNCN) — A convicted murderer at the Harnett Correctional Institution is accused of killing a fellow inmate, the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction said.
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According to the NCDAC, inmate Christian Kahlil Bridges, 29, was assaulted by other inmates just before 11 p.m. on Friday in a prison dormitory. He died around midnight while being taken to the hospital.
The Lillington Police Department has charged inmate Isaiah Avante McKoy, 24, with first-degree murder in Bridges’ death, according to the NCDAC.
Records show McKoy’s first appearance in Harnett County court on the murder charge is scheduled for Monday morning.
Lillington police are investigating the incident with help from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, while an internal investigation is being conducted by the NCDAC. More charges may be filed, according to officials.
According to records, McKoy was convicted of second-degree murder in September 2024 in the 2021 fatal shooting of his great-grandfather Daniel Moore in Lenoir County. McKoy was sentenced to a minimum of 13 years and nine months and a maximum of 17 years and six months, with an expected release in December 2037.
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Records show McKoy was also convicted in 2024 of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, along with other firearm charges, in an incident in Harnett County about a month after Moore’s death. He is serving a sentence concurrent to his murder conviction for these offenses.
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McKoy received a prison infraction this February for assaulting a person with a weapon, according to records.
Records show Bridges was serving a minimum of six years and three months and a maximum of 10 years and eight months on three counts of child abuse with serious injury in Wake County at the time of his death. He had begun serving his sentence in April and was expected to be released in January 2031.
According to records, Bridges was initially sentenced to probation in 2023 on the child abuse charges, but after pleading guilty this March to burning personal property in Wake County, his probation was revoked and he received a prison sentence.
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