SMYRNA, DELAWARE — Police stormed a prison in Delaware on Thursday to bring a siege lasting almost 19 hours to an end that left one guard dead and another injured. <br /> <br />The hostage standoff began on Wednesday morning, when inmates took control of Building C at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, and forced prison officer Sergeant Steven Floyd inside a closet, CBS News reported. <br /> <br />The inmates were armed with sharp instruments, according to police. They took a female counselor and three prison guards hostage, including Floyd. <br /> <br />Floyd, 47, a 16-year veteran of the Department of Corrections, was later found dead. <br /> <br />Two of the guards were later released and sent to the hospital. One was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. <br /> <br />Water to the prison was turned off during the standoff, but was turned back on as police negotiated with inmates, BBC News reported. <br /> <br />The inmates used the water to fill metal footlockers and barricade the building. The siege ended early on Thursday morning, when police used a backhoe to break through the barricades. <br /> <br />During the siege, inmates called a local newspaper to explain their actions. <br /> <br />One inmate said that among other things, they were protesting against President Donald Trump. The inmates also demanded that money be allocated to prisoner education and rehabilitation. <br /> <br />Sergeant Floyd’s death follows the fatal shooting of transit security officer Scott Von Lanken, 56, in Denver on Tuesday. <br /> <br />Police have arrested a suspected radical Islamist, named as Joshua Cummings, 37, in connection with the security officer’s murder.
