Name not reported
On February 23, 2000, a man held at Pelican Bay State Prison in Del Norte County, California, died after guards fired on about 200 people fighting in an exercise yard. Prison officials said guards first used teargas, pepper spray, and rubber and wooden bullets, and then fired rifles. Officials said he was pronounced dead at Sutter Coast Hospital. A deadly force investigation was ordered.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Prison officials said guards fired rifles at inmates fighting in an exercise yard after using teargas, pepper spray and rubber and wooden bullets, and a deadly force investigation was ordered.
Reported by: Prison officials and the California Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.