Up to 8 Are Injured in Men’s Central Jail Melee
As many as eight people, both inmates and sheriff’s deputies, were injured in a disturbance inside the Los Angeles County Men’s Central Jail late Tuesday.
Three to four inmates and three to four deputies were hurt after several dozen inmates began rioting about 10 p.m. and deputies quelled the fighting with tactical weapons, including pepper-ball guns, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Cruz Solis.
Solis described all the injuries as “minor to moderate” but said several of the victims were transported to hospitals for treatment. City fire officials said that, by about 11 p.m., they had transported three people to hospitals.
Riots in county jails in recent months have left at least two men dead and dozens injured.
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