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| State’s silence on shooting of handcuffed prison inmates called deeply troubling |
| By reviewjournal.com - Sandra Chereb |
| Published: 03/27/2015 |
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An investigative report into the shooting death of a High Desert State Prison inmate four months ago was delivered Thursday to the state attorney general’s office. Patty Cafferata, spokeswoman for Attorney General Adam Laxalt, said the report from Nevada Division of Investigation will be reviewed to determine whether any charges will be filed concerning the death of Carlos Manuel Perez at the hands of a guard. The report follows autopsy findings released Wednesday by the Clark County coroner’s office that revealed Perez, 28, died in November of gunshot wounds to the head, chest, neck and arm while in custody at High Desert State Prison. It was the first word that he had been shot by a correctional officer. Brian Connett, deputy director with the Nevada Department of Corrections, defended the agency’s decision to withhold details of the inmate’s death until the investigation was completed. “All of our normal notifications were made when we have an inmate death in custody,” Connett said Thursday. “Because of this incident, we brought in outside agencies,” he said, adding that investigators had waited for results from the coroner’s office. “I don’t know if this was in any way hidden from anybody. Everybody who needed that notification was certainly involved in this,” he said. “We don’t want to negatively impact the investigation.” Read More. |
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