Man serving nearly 250-year prison sentence for San Diego murder killed in prison [Breaking]
A man who was serving a nearly 250-years-to-life prison sentence for fatally shooting a Linda Vista man in 2013 was killed at Pelican Bay State Prison last week, allegedly by two fellow inmates, prison officials said.
Joseph Hill, 53, died Thursday afternoon after two inmates attacked him in a prison yard, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Hill was taken to a hospital where he died about two hours after the attack. State officials did not elaborate on the nature of the attack, but said officers recovered an “inmate manufactured weapon” during their investigation.Hill was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015 for fatally shooting 47-year-old Sean O’Toole in the backyard of the victim’s home on Dec. 29, 2013.
Prosecutors said during the trial that Hill killed O’Toole, because he believed the victim had disrespected his girlfriend.Hill was also convicted of attempted murder for shooting and wounding another man at a motel in La Jolla a few hours after O’Toole was killed. Prosecutors alleged that man was shot because of a $200 drug debt.
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