Christopher Leong: Inmate dies at California prison [Video]

Officers put him in physical restraints while he kept lashing out and spitting at officers, according to the CDCR.

Staff responded to a housing unit Friday around 6:55 p.m. for a disturbance. The CDCR said Christopher Leong charged and hit staff.

Officers put him in physical restraints while he kept lashing out and spitting at officers. The officers pinned him to the ground. Leong lost consciousness and stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead at 7:50 p.m.

The CDCR said 10 staff members had minor injuries.

Christopher Leong was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for second-degree attempted murder with a street gang act in the commission of a violent felony and discharging a firearm in an occupied space, according to the CDCR. He was moved to the prison from Sacramento County in June 2011.

California State Prison, Sacramento is a high-security prison located in Folsom.

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