Convict gets shot by guard trying to break up fight

Prison spokesman Glen Whorton said the wounded inmate underwent surgery at Washoe Medical Center in Reno after being hit in the left buttock with one round from a .38 caliber pistol.

Whorton said the guard fired after the two inmates ignored repeated warnings to stop fighting in an exercise yard located in a high-security area at NSP. Warning shots and rubber pellets also were fired.

The other inmate had several cuts on his face. Neither convict was named.

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