Nevada charges prison guard in inmate's shooting death

Source: Associated Press

Nevada charges prison guard in inmate's shooting death

Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Updated 7:32 pm, Monday, April 18, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada attorney general on Monday charged a former prison guard trainee with involuntary manslaughter in the shotgun killing of a handcuffed inmate in a prison hallway in 2014.

Raynaldo-John Ramos is accused of firing the shotgun blasts that killed Carlos Perez Jr., 28, while Perez and another inmate brawled at High Desert State Prison outside Las Vegas. The other prisoner suffered shotgun wounds to his face and upper body, but Ramos was not charged with injuring him.

An attorney for Perez's family alleges guards staged a "gladiator-like scenario" by releasing the two men into a shower hallway where inmates are supposed to be kept apart for disciplinary reasons or safety.

Two other guards resigned after prison officials found they made false statements and neglected their duties in the shooting, but they have not been charged.

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