A man on California’s death row has died while incarcerated at a Sacramento-area prison, state officials said on Thursday.
Armando Macias was found unresponsive in his cell around 7 a.m. on Thursday at California State Prison, Sacramento, in Folsom, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
Prison staff began life-saving measures and called for an ambulance. Macias, 50, was pronounced dead at 8:01 a.m. by paramedics.
CDCR officials said the prison’s Investigative Services Unit is looking into the death, while the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will determine the official cause of death…