Three convicted killers who are serving sentences at Salinas Valley State Prison in Central California are suspected of killing a fellow inmate during an attack Thursday morning.

It wasn't immediately clear what prompted Nathan Peru, 31, to go to the hospital or what led up to the deadly shooting.

The inmate survived the fall at Parnall Correctional Facility and is being treated at a local hospital, following similar incidents in recent years.

The apparent suicide attempt at Parnall prison near Jackson came weeks after lawmakers axed from the budget funds to improve prison railing safety.

An attorney for a recently executed Tennessee inmate says an electrocardiogram showed “sustained cardiac activity” nearly two minutes after Byron Black was pronounced dead

A Pima County corrections officer shot and killed an inmate at Banner University Medical Center South on Wednesday during an altercation, turning the hospital into a

Pima County Sheriff's Department is responding to an incident at Banner-UMC South, near East Ajo Way and South Country Club Road, according to a social media post from PCSD.

TUCSON, AZ — An inmate is dead after being shot by a corrections officer at a Tucson-area hospital Wednesday afternoon. The Pima County Sheriff's Department has confirmed the shooting that took place in the emergency room at Banner-UMC South in Tucson. PCSD said the shooting happened just before 1 p.m.

Bryan Mickens was located at approximately 6:30 a.m. today and taken into custody without incident, authorities said.

An inmate was shot and killed by a corrections officer after a fight occurred at a Tucson hospital where the man was receiving treatment, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said. The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Banner University Medical Center South, said spokesperson Kevin Adger.

By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -As the state of Alabama prepared to execute a death row inmate on Thursday with nitrogen gas, the U.S. Supreme Court's three liberal justices in a spirited dissent urged the public to watch the seconds on their smartphone clocks tick all the way to four minutes.