California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officers are investigating after a loss of life row inmate was killed at Kern Valley State Jail in Delano on Friday.
Convicted assassin Mario Renteria, 36, allegedly began beating fellow inmate, Julian Mendez, 46, at about 10:30 a.m. Friday, prompting jail employees to reply.
Officers ordered them to get down, however the males didn’t comply, in response to a CDCR information launch obtained by Fox Information Digital.
Chemical brokers initially stopped the assault, however greater than 30 further inmates rushed Renteria and started putting him.
Orders to cease have been ignored, and employees used a number of blast grenades to quell the violence, in response to CDCR.
Mendez suffered a number of wounds, and life-saving measures have been instantly taken.
He was taken to the jail’s triage and remedy space, the place a physician pronounced him useless at 11:05 a.m.
Officers stated an improvised weapon was discovered on the scene, although the kind of weapon was unclear.
Renteria stays in restricted housing pending investigation, in response to CDCR.
Officers restricted inhabitants motion to facilitate the investigation by the jail’s Investigative Companies Unit and the Kern County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
The Workplace of the Inspector Basic was notified, and the Kern County Coroner will decide Mendez’s official reason behind loss of life.
Mendez was obtained from Riverside County on Dec. 2, 2004, in response to CDCR.
He obtained a condemned sentence in 2002 for the first-degree homicide of two youngsters.
CDCR stated Renteria was obtained from Riverside County on April 27, 2022, and was sentenced to life with the potential for parole for first-degree homicide (a third-strike offense) and arson.
Kern Valley State Jail opened in 2005 and homes over 3,100 minimum- and high-security-custody inmates.
