A correction officer has died following an inmate assault at a prison in Ross County, Ohio, according to authorities.

A Christmas Day attack claimed the life of corrections officer Andrew Lansing at the Ross County Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, Ohio. Lansing was taken to the Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe,

Andrew Lansing, a corrections officer at a prison in Chillicothe, Ohio, was killed Christmas Day in what state officials say was an "inmate assault."