TN inmate, accused of killing correctional officer, dead at Nashville prison

A Tennessee inmate, accused of stabbing a correctional officer to death at another prison earlier this year, has died at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. Reginald Steed, who was serving a 27-year sentence for aggravated assault, especially aggravated robbery and attempted voluntary mansla

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A Tennessee inmate, accused of stabbing a correctional officer to death at another prison earlier this year, has died at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.

Reginald Steed, who was serving a 27-year sentence for aggravated assault, especially aggravated robbery and attempted voluntary manslaughter, was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m. Sept. 22, according to a statement from the Tennessee Department of Correction.

Prison officials did not say how Steed died, only that his death was under investigation.

Steed was also facing a charge of first-degree murder after Dustin Pedigo was fatally wounded in a stabbing at the Morgan County Correctional Complex on Feb. 24. Steed was transferred to Riverbend in Nashville after the stabbing and placed under

maximum custody.

Reginald Steed, who was transferred to Riverbend Maxiumum Security Institution after he was charged with first-degree murder, was pronounced dead Sept. 22, 2026.