GLENVILLE, Ga. (WSAV) An inmate at Smith State Prison is dead after shooting a food service employee

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on June 16th, inmate Jaydrekus Hart was working in the kitchen at Smith State Prison when he shot and killed an Aramark food service employee.

Hart then turned the gun on himself. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

Hart was serving 20 years for voluntary manslaughter out of Carroll County with a maximum release date of June 2043.

The weapon is in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody at this time, and a complete and thorough investigation of what led up to this tragic incident will be carried out.

GDC agents are helping to provide staffing support to the facility.

Stay with WSAV News 3 for all the details as this story unfolds.