33-year-old Nevada prison inmate dies at hospital after stabbing, officials say
A High Desert State Prison inmate died Monday while at a Las Vegas hospital after he was stabbed, according to corrections and coroner officials.
Dylan Walters, 33, died at the University Medical Center and an autopsy was requested in accordance with state law, the Nevada Department of Corrections said in a news release Tuesday. Walters died of multiple stab wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, the Clark County coroner’s office said in an email.
Walters was serving a sentence of 16 to 40 months at High Desert, about 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas, for attempted grand larceny and entered the prison system on April 18, 2024, the department said.
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