By Scott J. Croteau
MassLive.com
BRUCETON MILLS, W. Va. — The dispatch call to a West Virginia federal prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was killed Tuesday morning first says the 89-year-old gangster was in cardiac arrest.
The audio from Broadcastify shows first responders in Preston County were sent to the US Penitentiary Hazelton facility in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
Bulger, who was serving a life sentence for 11 murders, was transferred to the federal facility on Monday, the day before his killing.
Convicted double-murder Fotios “Freddy” Geas, formerly of West Springfield, is under investigation for the slaying of Bulger, according to anonymous sources cited by The Boston Globe.
Geas, 51, is serving a life sentence for the murders of former Springfield mob boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno and low-level associate Gary D. Westerman in 2003. Geas has been housed at the West Virginia federal prison for years.
Bulger was ambushed by inmates who beat him with a lock, according to the Globe.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Attorney’s Office overseeing that area of West Virginia both confirmed Bulger died, but did not disclose the circumstances.
Bulger was found unresponsive at 8:20 a.m.