FRANKLIN - An inmate took a deputy's gun and shot himself in the head in an apparent suicide at a Louisiana courthouse Monday morning. 

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office said the shooting happened shortly before 9 a.m. inside the parish courthouse in Franklin. Louisiana State Police said the detainee, later identified as 34-year-old Chad Williams, died at a hospital.

Friday, troopers said in a "struggle" between Williams and a corrections deputy, Williams took the deputy's gun and shot himself in the head.

The corrections deputy was not hurt in the exchange.