The death of a handcuffed and shackled inmate who was attacked by officers at a New York State prison has been declared a homicide after an autopsy report, authorities said.New York Governor Kathy Hochul has called for swift criminal charges against those responsible for Robert Brook's "horrific,

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report determined Black inmate Robert Brooks’ fatal beating at the hands of correctional officers in December to be a homicide.

"I believe the legal process must quickly move forward with criminal charges being filed and arrests being made,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said authorities should now move quickly and pursue criminal charges against those responsible for the death of Robert Brooks.

The death of a shackled inmate at a central New York State prison late last year has been ruled a homicide, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his hands tied behind his back by corrections officers while in custody at Marcy Correction Facility on Dec.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said the autopsy results in the death of Robert Brooks, who was beaten by prison guards, should prompt the swift filing of criminal charges.

The death of Robert Brooks, the state prison inmate who was beaten by guards at Marcy Correctional Facility, has been ruled a homicide by a medical examiner. Charges remain unfiled against any of the 18 people that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has named in its review of the incident.

An attorney representing Robert Brooks' family says the Onondaga Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.