Death of inmate being investigated in Grove

A death of an inmate at the Delaware County Jail is being investigated. Read the full press release below:

Just after midnight, on Tuesday, the Delaware County Sheriffs Office requested OSBI Investigative assistance concerning the death of 51-year-old Brian Edward Anderson. Anderson was being held in the Delaware County Jail on a writ from the Department of Corrections.

Just before midnight on Monday, jail staff was alerted that Anderson was suffering some kind of medical episode. Jail staff called paramedics and Anderson was transported to Integris Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Anderson was pronounced dead. The Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy and determine the cause of death.