"One inmate is dead and another is under investigation for murder following a violent altercation earlier this month at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials. Prison official say a fight broke out around 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 4, between inmates Joe Duty Jr. and Stephenson Choi Kim in one of the prison's housing units."
"According to the Orange County Register, Kim was a gang member and was convicted of first-degree murder in March 2011 for a March 13, 2004, shooting spree at the 5th Wave Cafe that killed 21-year-old Venus Hyun and injured four others. Kim initially faced the death penalty, the paper reported, but jurors deadlocked 7-5 against recommending that Kim be executed. Prosecutors said Kim opened fire at the cafe because he thought one of the victims had ties to a rival gang that had beaten him up."
A fight between inmates Joe Duty Jr. and Stephenson Choi Kim occurred around 7:20 p.m. on Jan. 4 in a housing unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Staff found Kim unconscious, initiated life-saving measures, activated 911, and transferred Kim to an outside medical facility where Kim was later pronounced dead. Duty was medically evaluated and placed in restricted housing and remains under investigation by the CMF Investigative Services Unit and the Solano County District Attorney's Office; the Office of the Inspector General was notified. Kim had been serving life without parole for a 2004 fatal shooting; Duty was sentenced to 14 years for rape.
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