SAN DIEGO—A man who was serving a nearly 250-year-to-life prison sentence for fatally shooting a Linda Vista man was killed at Pelican Bay State Prison last week, allegedly by two fellow inmates.
Joseph Hill, 53, died March 23 afternoon after state prison officials say two inmates attacked him in a prison yard. Hill was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead about two hours after the attack, according to the state.
Officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation did not elaborate on the nature of the attack but said officers recovered an “inmate manufactured weapon” during their investigation….