The man accused of killing a woman while he plowed a car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year was assaulted in jail, officials said. Brown was walking past a correctional officer when he allegedly assaulted Fields. The 32-year-old woman was counter-protesting the Charlottesville rally when Fields allegedly drove a vehicle into a group of people, leaving her dead and dozens of others wounded. CHARLOTTESVILLE EVENTS MARKING ONE YEAR SINCE VIOLENT PROTESTA friend of Brown's told The Associated Press on Friday Brown was a friend of Heyer's. Both Fields and Brown were evaluated after the incident and neither had serious injuries, the superintendent said.

Source: Fox News October 30, 2018 02:15 UTC