A murder suspect has died from injuries he suffered during a fight with another inmate last month at a Southern California jail, authorities said.
Kirk Vernell Price, 57, died Saturday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced. He had been hospitalized since the fight Dec. 27 at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange.
Price was accused of shooting and killing Fahness Lutalo, a boxing and mixed martial arts trainer, in March 2016 inside the gym Lutalo owned in Tustin.
Price had pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder and was in the midst of a jury trial, according to court records cited by the Los Angeles Times.
Additional information about the fight that resulted in Price’s death wasn’t immediately available. Authorities did not name the other inmate who was allegedly involved.
The death is being investigated by the Orange County district attorney’s office, the newspaper said.
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