A procession was held Thursday for Jeremy Lewis Hall, the Virginia Department of Corrections Officer who was killed by an inmate in Independence. New details this evening reveal that Hall died protecting a nurse at the facility. VADOC said the suspect was identified as 32-year-old John Holomon Russell. Photojournalist Paul Eldert spoke with colleagues and loved ones Thursday during the procession.

A corrections officer is dead following an attack that occurred by an inmate on Monday morning in Independence, the Virginia Department of Corrections said.