Cannon, 27, for threatening to kill someone, though it isn't immediately clear if Lansing or someone else was the target of those verbal threats, according to the Ohio Civil Service Employees Association.

An investigation is underway into the death of an Ohio corrections officer. Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked by an inmate on Christmas morning at the Ross Correctional Institution in Chillicothe, according to officials. The prison said Lansing died as a result of the attack.