By John Lyon
Arkansas News Bureau

LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas prison guard was killed Sunday in an apparent accident on the grounds of the Tucker Maximum Security Correctional Facility in Jefferson County, a prison spokeswoman said today.

Capt. Jackie Davis, 51, was killed about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when his girlfriend backed her car into him outside the couple’s residence on prison grounds, said Dina Tyler, spokeswoman for the state Department of Correction.

State police are investigating the incident.

“It appears at this point at least to be nothing more than a horrible, horrible accident,” Tyler said.

Davis was with the Department of Correction for more than 20 years. He was one of the founders of the Unity program, which seeks to help incarcerated gang members turn their lives around, Tyler said.

“He was well liked, well respected,” she said. “He was a good officer. He was a great guy.”