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Died in prison

Name not reported

died October 30, 2019 · California State Prison, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California

A man held at California State Prison, Sacramento, near Folsom, died on the evening of October 30, 2019, after a correctional officer fired a single shot during an attack on another prisoner in a housing unit. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said he was pronounced dead at the prison at 8:02 p.m. The department said its Deadly Force Investigations Team and prison administrators are investigating the shooting. The name of the man has not been released.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says a correctional officer fired a single shot at a man attacking another inmate.

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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