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| Family of dead High Desert inmate negotiates with Nevada AG |
| By reviewjournal.com- Sandra Chereb |
| Published: 11/12/2015 |
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CARSON CITY — Lawyers for the family of a Nevada inmate shot and killed by a corrections officer a year ago at High Desert State Prison are in negotiations with the attorney general's office to try to reach a settlement, court records show. Carlos Perez, 28, died Nov. 12, 2014, of multiple gunshot wounds. Another inmate, Andrew Arevalo, now 25, was wounded. Both men were handcuffed behind their backs when they were shot in a shower hallway in a segregation unit known as "the hole." Prison officials acknowledged Perez's death when it happened but didn't provide details. The fact he was shot by staff didn't become known until four months later when the Clark County coroner reported the cause of death and ruled it a homicide. Two lawsuits, one filed by Perez's family, the other by Arevalo, are pending. The suit filed by Las Vegas attorney Cal Potter, representing the Perez family, claims excessive force, negligence and emotional distress. It seeks damages in excess of $30,000. Read More. |
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