A man convicted of fatally shooting a teenager in Charleston has died at a detention center in Kentucky.

Kentucky State Police tells WSAZ inmates at the Carter County Detention Center found William Pulliam unresponsive in his cell Thursday evening.

The inmates alerted jail staff who tried to render aid. Paramedics were called and also tried to revive him, but were unsuccessful.

No foul play is suspected.

Troopers say his body has been sent to the coroner's office for an autopsy and an official determination on cause of death.

Back in August, Pulliam pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the shooting death of James Means, 15. The shooting happened on Charleston's East End back in 2016.

He was being held in the Carter County Detention Center on a federal firearms charge.

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A man pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting a teenager on Charleston's East End, the Kanawha County Prosecutor's Office said.

William Pulliam, 65, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder for the death of James Means, 15.

Investigators say Pulliam shot and killed Means at the corner of Nancy Street and Washington Street after a confrontation. The shooting happened Nov. 21, 2016.

Pulliam faces up to 20 years in prison.

A man accused of fatally shooting a teenager on Charleston's East End has been ruled competent to stand trial.

William Pulliam failed a previous competency evaluation and was sent to a mental health hospital after that ruling in May. Pulliam is accused of shooting and killing James Means in November 2016.

Means was only 15 years old. The shooting happened outside the Dollar General on Charleston's East End.

Pulliam said then that he acted in self-defense when he shot Means. Prosecutors say Means was shot more than once.

A man accused of fatally shooting a teenager on Charleston's East End isn't competent enough to stand trial.

On Monday, Kanawha County's Judge King ruled that William Pulliam would be sent to the Sharpe Hospital in Weston.

Pulliam previously failed a psych evaluation.

He'll spend up to three months at the hospital to see if he would be able to later stand trial. If not, there will be another hearing.

Pulliam is accused of shooting and killing James Means, 15, back in November 2016. It happened outside the Dollar General at the intersection of Nancy Street and Washington Street East.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man accused of fatally shooting a teenager on Charleston's East End won't stand trial until December.

William Pulliam appeared in a Kanawha County courtroom on Thursday.

He is accused of shooting and killing James Means, 15, back in November 2016. It happened outside the Dollar General at the intersection of Nancy Street and Washington Street East.

During an April court appearance, Pulliam wanted to plead guilty to being in possession of a firearm when he wasn't supposed to have one but the judge declined the plea.

Pulliam said then that he acted in self-defense when he shot Means.

Prosecutors say Means was shot more than once.

Pulliam's trial was expected to start Monday but has now been moved to December 11. The defense had asked for additional time.

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