MCCORMICK, S.C. (AP) – An inmate has been killed at one of the state’s high security prisons.

South Carolina Department of Corrections spokesman Dexter Lee tells The State that the male prisoner was killed Sunday during a fight with another inmate at McCormick Correctional Institution in McCormick.

The killed inmate’s name has not yet been released. There is no word on what started the fight.Keep checking counton2.com for real-time updates on this story. To get breaking news alerts, download the free News 2 App for iPhone or Android.