MOB BOSS WHITEY BULGER BEATEN TO DEATH IN PRISON ... EYES GOUGED OUT BY INMATES AFTER HIS WHEELCHAIR
One of America's most notorious mobsters James "Whitey" Bulger was beaten to death and his eye gouged out in prison after his wheelchair was moved out of CCTV, according to reports.
TMZ reports that, The mob boss - who reigned Boston’s notorious south side - is said to have been “beaten” on Tuesday morning, after arriving on Monday at the high-security penitentiary USP Hazelton in West Virginia.
A source told the publication that, a wheelchair-bound Bulger was in general population on Tuesday morning when three inmates moved him to a corner which could not be seen by CCTV.
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It is reported that they then beat him in the head with a lock in a sock, before attempting to gouge his eyes out.
89-year-old Bulger was found dead yesterday, he was convicted of killing at least 11 people and was serving a life sentence.
“The FBI will be conducting an investigation into the death of James Bulger.
"No other information will be released at this time,” Stacy Bishop, a spokeswoman for William J. Powell, the US attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, said in a statement.
According to TMZ, emergency dispatchers got a call from the prison for someone in cardiac arrest, and staffers at the facility were performing CPR. They also had a defibrillator on scene.
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