Two inmates from Los Angeles County are suspected in the fatal attack of another prisoner at Wasco State Prison in Kern County , officials announced Monday.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, last week, prison staff witnessed two inmates attacking a fellow inmate.
Guards used tear gas and non-lethal weapons to stop the attack, which resulted in 34-year-old Angel Carrasco suffering serious wounds from two “improvised weapons” recovered at the scene.
Carrasco, a former gang member who was serving a life-sentence for first-degree murder in Tulare County, was transported to an outside hospital and pronounced dead…