SALINAS VALLEY PRISON OFFICIALS ARE CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING AN ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE ON THEIR PREMISES YESTERDAY MORNING (WED). THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN TWO INMATES ATTACKED A THIRD INMATE WITH HOMEMADE WEAPONS. THE VICTIM SUFFERED CUTS TO THE UPPER TORSO AND HEAD. ADDITIONALLY TWO CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WERE INJURED WHEN THEY INTERVENED. THE GUARDS AND THE ATTACKED INMATE WERE SENT TO HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT. ATTACKERS 35-YEAR-OLD JESUS RUIZ AND 22-YEAR-OLD MADEN TORRES ARE SERVING LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDER FROM TULARE COUNTY.
