An inmate was fatally assaulted at a county jail this week, Montgomery County Police said Friday.

Carlos Marcano Becerra, 35, was assaulted Wednesday night at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Boyds.

Officers responded to the jail and found Marcano Becerra with “severe trauma to his upper body and head,” police said.

He died on Thursday. The suspect in the assault remained in custody at the jail.

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The investigation is ongoing and being led by the Major Crimes Division Homicide Unit, police said.

Additional information is expected to be released later.