Current:Home > Scams1 of 3 killed in Nevada prison brawl was white supremacist gang member who killed an inmate in 2016 -前500条预览:
1 of 3 killed in Nevada prison brawl was white supremacist gang member who killed an inmate in 2016
PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-08 20:42:42
RENO, Nev. (AP) — One of three inmates killed in a Nevada prison brawl this week was a member of a white supremacist prison gang who was serving a life sentence for his role in the 2016 murder of a person incarcerated at another Nevada prison, authorities said Friday.
The local county sheriff identified Anthony Williams, 41, as the third of the three people killed in Tuesday’s fight at Nevada’s maximum security prison in rural Ely. Nine other incarcerated people were injured.
Prison and state officials have released few details since then, although White Pine County Sheriff Scott Henriod confirmed Friday that “all three decedents involved in this incident died due to multiple sharp force injuries.”
“This is an ongoing investigation,” Henriod said in an email to The Associated Press.
The other victims identified earlier were Connor Brown, 22, of South Lake Tahoe, California, and Zacharia Luz, 42, of Las Vegas.
Luz was identified as a street-level leader of the Aryan Warriors white supremacist prison gang. He and Williams were among 23 reputed members of the gang who were indicted in a sweeping racketeering case in Las Vegas involving murder, drug trafficking and identity theft in 2019.
That indictment for the first time tied Williams and another person to the 2016 stabbing death of Andrew Ryan Thurgood in a cell at High Desert State Prison in southern Nevada.
Williams pleaded guilty to open murder in Clark County District Court in 2021 in a plea deal that took the death penalty off the table. He also was convicted of being a habitual offender and was sentenced to life without parole at the prison in Ely, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of the Utah line, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
Luz was sentenced last year to seven to 18 years in prison for his conviction on felony racketeering and forgery charges, the department said.
Brown was serving a seven- to 20-year sentence for robbery with use of a deadly weapon, the department said. He was sentenced in 2021 after pleading guilty to stabbing a gas station clerk and a casino patron in downtown Reno in 2020.
Authorities have not said what prompted the violence at the prison this week. Henriod said sheriff’s deputies were summoned about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday to the prison.
No corrections officers were injured, the Nevada Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Ely State Prison is one of six Nevada prisons. It has almost 1,200 beds and houses the state’s death row for convicted killers and a lethal injection chamber that has never been used. Nevada has not carried out an execution since 2006.
Conditions behind bars in the state have drawn criticism from advocates, particularly during hot summers and cold winters. In December 2022, several people incarcerated at Ely State Prison held a hunger strike over what advocates and some family members described as unsafe conditions and inadequate food portions.
Efforts stalled before reaching the state Legislature last year to respond to a yearslong state audit that found widespread deficiencies in prison use-of-force policies.
veryGood! (3833)
Related
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- Vatican ordered investigation into Catholic clerics linked to abuse, Swiss Bishops’ Conference says
- How is NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV? Football fans divided over early results
- Sabotage attempts reported at polling stations in occupied Ukraine as Russia holds local elections
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Vatican ordered investigation into Catholic clerics linked to abuse, Swiss Bishops’ Conference says
- How is NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV? Football fans divided over early results
- Which NFL teams most need to get off to fast starts in 2023 season?
- Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
- Cowboys rip error-prone Giants 40-0 for worst shutout loss in the series between NFC East rivals
Ranking
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Powerful ULA rocket launches national security mission after hurricane delay in Florida
- Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods Film Their First Video Together in 4 Years Following Reunion
- Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker accused of sexually harassing rape survivor
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival
- India forges compromise among divided world powers at the G20 summit in a diplomatic win for Modi
- A boat capsizing in north-central Nigeria killed at least 24 people. Dozens of others are missing
Recommendation
Will the 'Yellowstone' finale be the last episode? What we know about Season 6, spinoffs
Australian and Indonesian forces deploy battle tanks in US-led combat drills amid Chinese concern
Emma Stone's 'Poor Things' wins Golden Lion prize at 80th Venice Film Festival
Hurricane Lee updates: No direct hit expected, but rip currents headed to East Coast
Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
'The Nun 2' scares up $32.6 million at the box office, takes down 'Equalizer 3' for No. 1
India forges compromise among divided world powers at the G20 summit in a diplomatic win for Modi
'Great gesture' or 'these really are awful?' Readers are divided over the new Walmart cart