Public Works Employee Found Dead in Cell: Report

A man charged in the murder of a coworker at a Baltimore Department of Public Works facility reportedly killed himself overnight.

Cipisirono Cole, 47, of the 700 block of South Woodington Road, was being held without bail on murder charges connected to a death of 34-year-old Darrin Ulysses Johnson Jr., his colleague in the Department of Public Works building in the 2300 block of Fulton Street.

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Cole allegedly brought a gun to work Thursday morning and shot Johnson after an argument in the locker room for city water and wastewater employees, according to The Baltimore Sun.

After fleeing the scene, Cole turned himself in on Saturday, March 5, Baltimore Police said.

Cole was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, having a handgun on his person, using a firearm to commit a felony and discharging a firearm in the city, court records show.

Police said the charges stemmed from the Thursday, March 3, shooting death of Johnson.

While the investigation into Cole's death continues, sources told Fox 45 that he killed himself.

Photo Credit: Baltimore Police.