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Inmate killed at Folsom prison is 3rd homicide in a week at CA state prisons
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Updated: 5:29 PM PDT May 7, 2022
Corrections officials said they are investigating the killing of an inmate attacked by four felons at a high-security facility in Folsom, marking the third slaying this week in a California state prison.Camilo Banoslopez, 22, was attacked in a recreation yard at the Sacramento State Prison on Friday around 11:30 a.m., the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a release on Saturday. He died a short time later from his injuries, officials said. The killing follows slayings Tuesday at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad and Thursday at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. All three homicides involved homemade weapons.Banoslopez was arrested as a juvenile and was serving eight years for robbery and inflicting great bodily injury during a gang attack, officials said.He was attacked by Albert Calvillo, 30, Irvin Rodriguez, 36, Osbaldo Velasquez, 38, and Jose Avila, 39, officials said. All four have convictions as gang members and are serving lengthy prison terms.The CSP-SAC's Investigative Services Unit along with Sacramento County District Attorney are investigating the death.
FOLSOM, Calif. — Corrections officials said they are investigating the killing of an inmate attacked by four felons at a high-security facility in Folsom, marking the third slaying this week in a California state prison.
Camilo Banoslopez, 22, was attacked in a recreation yard at the Sacramento State Prison on Friday around 11:30 a.m., the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a release on Saturday. He died a short time later from his injuries, officials said.
The killing follows slayings Tuesday at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad and Thursday at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. All three homicides involved homemade weapons.
Banoslopez was arrested as a juvenile and was serving eight years for robbery and inflicting great bodily injury during a gang attack, officials said.
He was attacked by Albert Calvillo, 30, Irvin Rodriguez, 36, Osbaldo Velasquez, 38, and Jose Avila, 39, officials said. All four have convictions as gang members and are serving lengthy prison terms.
The CSP-SAC's Investigative Services Unit along with Sacramento County District Attorney are investigating the death.
