Centinela prison inmate struck in face by bullet fragment, official says

SEELEY --- A 40-year-old Centinela State Prison inmate is in stable condition today after being struck near his left eye by a bullet fragment of a mini .14-caliber round fired by a prison guard, a spokesman said.

The guard fired three rounds from the observation tower at Facility C as warning shots, said Administrative Lt. Richard Dubbe, to quell a fight between three inmates in the yard. The injured inmate, who is from an unspecified Los Angeles County city and was not involved in the scuffle, was taken by ambulance to a San Diego area hospital.

A second inmate, who suffered puncture wounds from the fight, was taken to El Centro Regional Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries and was expected to return to the prison, Dubbe said. An investigation into what lead to the fight is under way, Dubbe said.

By SILVIO J. PANTA, staff writer 

Comments

[Centurion]

I shot one of my old sergeants at our annual firearms qualification at the range when a fragment from a .38 flew out the side of the cylinder and hit him....also...near the left eye.

That one never made the news.

Funny....

[whforbes]

Prison Guard? what century are you living in?