A jailed Texas man fatally assaulted a detention officer as he was being taken back to his cell, authorities say. The Ellis County sheriff's office confirmed the death of Isaiah Patrick Bias,

WAXAHACHIE – An Ellis County detention officer died Monday after an inmate assaulted him, the sheriff said Tuesday.

The memorial service for Isaiah Bias, the Ellis County jailer killed on the job, will be Monday in Midlothian.

ELLIS COUNTY, Texas — The death of an Ellis County Detention Officer allegedly killed by an inmate is just the second incident of its kind in over 35 years, data shows. Isaiah Bias, 28, died after being assaulted by an inmate at the county jail Monday, officials announced Tuesday.

Ellis County detention officer Isaiah Bias died after being physically assaulted by an inmate while “doing his daily job” on Monday.

A detention officer died after what authorities described as a “a heinous, horrific, purposeful" attack in the Ellis County, Texas jail.

A detention officer at the Ellis County jail died Monday after an inmate “physically assaulted” him during his shift, police say. “It was a heinous, horrific, purposeful murder,” Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman said in a Tuesday news conference to describe the act of a jail inmate Monday afternoon that claimed the life of 28-year-old detention officer Isaiah Patrick Bias.

A 28-year-old detention officer at a Texas jail died after being physically assaulted by an inmate while returning the man to his cell, authorities said Tuesday.