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<\/p>\nFolsom, CA…California State Prison, Sacramento officials are investigating the death of a 63-year-old inmate as a possible homicide. The victim has been identified as Charles Anthony Ross. On May 30 at 2:16 p.m., officers saw inmates Joshua Kerr and Nicholas Mangelli in an altercation with another inmate on the B Facility exercise yard. Officers immediately responded, using pepper spray and a blast grenade to quell the violence. No staff injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
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Staff discovered Ross had been stabbed with an inmate-manufactured device. Life-saving measures were performed on the victim as he was transported to the institution\u2019s Central Health Building. He was pronounced dead at 2:34 p.m. on Thursday. Ross, 63, was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole out of Riverside County since 1997 for first-degree murder and second-degree robbery.<\/p>\n
Kerr and Mangelli are considered suspects and will be placed in the institution\u2019s Administrative Segregation Unit pending further investigation.<\/p>\n
Kerr, 35, was received from Orange County in December 2015 to serve a 22-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder with an enhancement for street gang activity and second-degree robbery.<\/p>\n
Mangelli, 28, was received from Sacramento County in March 2014 to serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and personal use of a dangerous or deadly weapon.<\/p>\n
Activated in 1986, CSP-SAC is a high-security prison that houses approximately 2,100 general population inmates and employs about 1,700 people. The institution houses long-term inmates, inmates requiring specialized mental health programming, and inmates with high-risk medical concerns.<\/p>\n
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