MIAMI COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) – Indiana State Police (ISP) detectives say an investigation is underway after a Fort Wayne man died while incarcerated at the Miami Correctional Facility earlier this week.<\/p>\n
ISP says on April 4, detectives were contacted to investigate the death of 50-year-old Shawn L. Booker of Fort Wayne. <\/p>\n
No additional details about Booker\u2019s death are available at this time. ISP says an autopsy will be completed to determine the exact cause of death.<\/p>\n
The department says investigators are being assisted by the Miami County Coroner\u2019s Office and Miami Correctional Facility Investigators. <\/p>\n
Online court records show Booker was transferred to the prison after he was charged with domestic battery in September of 2025, violating his probation from a 2022 case where he was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and criminal recklessness. <\/p>\n
Booker\u2019s death marks the second reported at the facility in the past week. <\/p>\n
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirms that detention facility staff found 55-year-old Tuan Van Bui of Vietnam unresponsive on April 1<\/a>. <\/p>\n ICE says live-saving efforts were provided, but he was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. <\/p>\n Bui entered the United States in 1990 on a visa as part of the Amerasian Homecoming Act, according to ICE. They say he never applied for U.S. citizenship and was ordered to be removed from the country in 2005. <\/p>\n The department also noted that Philadelphia police arrested Bui more than a dozen times on various charges, including robbery, theft, assault, and reckless endangerment. <\/p>\n To be the first to get the latest breaking news alerts, download the 21Alive News App here<\/a>.<\/p>\n