Devlin "Gazoo" Stringfellow
Devlin Stringfellow, 48, was held at Folsom State Prison in Sacramento County, California, when he died in January 2018. Prison officials said he was attacked in an exercise yard on the afternoon of Wednesday, January 10, and was stabbed repeatedly with weapons made by people held at the prison. A prison spokesman said two other people held there were responsible, that officials had identified no motive, and that no charges had been filed when the reports were published. Officials said he was pronounced dead at the prison's medical clinic and that the death was under investigation. Former gang investigator Matthew Buechner said Stringfellow had been a target of fellow gang members for years.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. Corrections officials said two other people held at the prison attacked him with inmate-made weapons in an exercise yard, and a former gang investigator said he had been a target of fellow gang members for years.
Reported by: California Department of Corrections officials (the agency that held him); Lt. L.A. Quinn, spokesman for California State Prison, Sacramento (the agency that held him); Matthew Buechner, former gang investigator.