Prison death of man involved in fatal La Jolla drive-by being investigated as homicide

Prison cells once used at the California Institution for Men in Chino Photo courtesy of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation One of two men sentenced to prison for a La Jolla house party drive-by shooting that killed a young woman has died while behind bars state prison personnel mentioned Thursday Malik Joshua Campbell was determined unresponsive inside his cell Tuesday afternoon at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi personnel with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation explained He was transported to the prison s triage and medication area where he was pronounced dead just after p m about a half-hour after prison staff unveiled him in his cell Campbell s cellmate Donte Walker was placed in restricted housing pending an analysis according to CDCR which stated that no weapon was recovered from the scene Bureaucrats explained they are researching the death as a homicide Campbell pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and other charges for the June shooting death of Nina Silver who was shot while standing in an alley in the block of Cuvier Street Campbell was sentenced last year to years in state prison His co-defendant Odyssey Sellers Carrillo identified by prosecutors as shooter pleaded guilty to attempted murder voluntary manslaughter and other charges received a -year sentence Prosecutors allege gang motivations were behind the a m shooting and that Silver was not the intended target Silver was shot in the back while three men were wounded Campbell had been imprisoned since October of last year Walker has been serving a four-year sentence for second-degree robbery in Sacramento County and eight months for conspiracy to commit a crime in Placer County