SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A fight between two inmates at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa led to one of the men’s deaths and is being investigated as a homicide, state prison officials said Thursday.
The fatal altercation happened around 6:15 a.m. Saturday between inmates Jerry Elliott, 43, and Aikane Matias, 32, inside their cell, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Elliott was found unresponsive and was taken to a hospital, where he died Thursday morning, CDCR said. Prison officials did not elaborate on a cause of death, but said no weapon was used in the altercation…