Inmate hanging reported at the Chippewa County Jail in the eastern U.P.

URGENT – U.P. Breaking News Bulletin – 12-14-17 4 p.m.

Inmate Hanging Reported at the Chippewa County Jail

By Greg Peterson
Upper Peninsula Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433

(Sault Ste. Marie, MI) – At last report, CPR was underway on a Chippewa County Jail inmate who hung himself this afternoon.

“We have CPR in progress – can you bring the drug box,” an official on the scene told fellow emergency officials.

The suicide attempt incident was reported about 3 p.m. today at the Chippewa County Jail located at 325 Court Street in Sault Ste. Marie.

“You are needed at 325 Court street – the county jail for an attempted suicide by hanging,” a 911 dispatcher told Soo Fire and Ambulance EMS
attempted suicide by hanging in the Chippewa County Jail.

It is not clear if the inmate survived as officials feverishly administered CPR.

“I just sent our ambulance to our county jail for an attempted suicide by hanging,” the dispatcher told a law enforcement official.
We are reaching out to the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department for comment. When more information is released, we will pass it along.