Inmates from L.A. County accused of killing fellow prisoner at Kern Valley
Two males sentenced out of Los Angeles County and incarcerated in Kern Valley State Jail are accused of killing one other inmate within the jail earlier this week.
In keeping with the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Esteban Ceja, 29, and Adrian Gurrola, 31, are believed to have attacked one other inmate in a standard room with an “inmate-manufactured” weapon.
The inmate was critically injured and brought to the jail’s triage middle for therapy after he was attacked round 7:20 p.m. Friday.
An ambulance was referred to as to take the inmate from the jail to the hospital, however he died earlier than he could possibly be transported, CDCR officers mentioned.
He’s been recognized as 35-year-old Hector Jimenez. Sentenced in 2015 in San Diego County, Jimenez was an accused gang member who was serving a 26-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter with a firearm.
Each Ceja and Gurrola had been serving sentences out of Los Angeles County, CDCR mentioned.
Ceja was admitted into the California jail system in October 2018 following a conviction for second-degree homicide and tried second-degree homicide. He’s at present serving a life sentence with the potential of parole and was additionally sentenced for an assault that occurred whereas incarcerated.
Gurrola has been imprisoned since August 2009 for first-degree homicide, two counts of tried first-degree homicide and animal cruelty prices. He additionally acquired an extra sentence whereas in jail for possession of a hid knife. He’s serving a life sentence with the potential of parole.
Each Ceja and Gurrola are convicted gang members, CDCR officers mentioned, though it’s unclear if the assault on Jimenez was gang-motivated.
The jail’s investigative unit is investigating the assault alongside the Kern County District Lawyer’s Workplace and the county coroner. The coroner has been tasked with figuring out Jimenez’s explanation for demise.
Jail workers have restricted motion on the jail yard whereas the power’s investigation unit works to find out what led as much as the lethal assault.
The Kern Valley State Jail is positioned simply exterior of Delano. The jail homes about 3,200 inmates in minimal, medium and excessive safety settings.
That is the second time previously two months that two inmates have killed a fellow inmate on the jail.
In late Might, a 31-year-old man serving a sentence out of Los Angeles County died after he was attacked by two fellow inmates in a recreation yard.
Earlier that month, one other inmate died after he was discovered critically injured in his cell, which led to his cellmate being detained and separated from the remainder of the jail inhabitants.
