HOOKERTON — Inmate Michael Grant died Monday at Maury Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in the inmate dormitory at 3:30 p.m. Prison medical staff and local paramedics responded and worked to resuscitate Grant. He was pronounced dead at 4:08 p.m. at the facility

Grant, 42, was convicted for first degree murder in Pender County in 2013 and was serving a life sentence.