Christopher A. Sanchez
A 23-year-old San Diego man who was fatally shot by prison guards while he was attacking another inmate was identified Tuesday as convicted murderer Christopher A. Sanchez, prison officials said.
Sanchez was serving a sentence of 85 years to life in prison for the 2009 murder of Marcella Peraza at an Encanto birthday party. He was also convicted of attempted murder for wounding a 19-year-old man.
He had fought with others outside the party, then later fired shots into a residential street, striking the victims.
Sanchez was serving time at High Desert State Prison in Susanville when he and another inmate attacked a third on Friday morning, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The victim was stabbed with an improvised weapon.
Sanchez and his accomplice ignored numerous orders from correctional officers to stop, and one guard fired at Sanchez, prison officials said.
The 29-year-old victim suffered numerous stab wounds and injuries to his head. The other attacker was not wounded. Authorities have not released their names.
this is my son christopher and the prison has not proven to me he was stabbing another inmate. their statements online and in the actual autopsy report are different and change up. they shot my son in the head like a dog and then lied to us about where he was shot. they refused to give the investigation report that closed in april. i will never stop seeking justice for my son who did not deserve to die like this. NEVER!!! will i give up until they are held accountable for what they are trying to cover up.
ReplyDeleteThanks sonjia ,I will do another article with your comments regarding the shooting at the prison. I hope you find Justice.
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i want the prison to come forth and prove to us the guard had no other choice to but to shoot and explain why the chose his head as a target. my son was studying for paralegal exams and just sent his test in to the board of education. we received his paralegal certificate in the mail 10 days later --HE PASSED!!!!! i wish he was here to of known that he did it!!! i dont see my son going out to a yard that day on 11/09/12 knowing and wanting to die. he was anxious to know about his test scores and not only that, my birthday and his little girl jasmines birthday is on 11/26/12. he would of never wanted her to know he died close to her birthday. now every year for our birthday we will remember we had to bury him on 11/26/12.
Deletehello Joe, yes i do seek justice as any other mother would when they get that unbearable call that your child was killed. their statements to the paper are pure opinions on what they feel happened. they have not and will not give me any answers to this day about the shooting. all i know is a guard by the name of preston snowden took action and made a horrific choice to shoot my son in the head. what the hell gave him the right to act like god!!!. Mr.Snowden has changed my life as well as his brothers and sister. all i ask for is pure evidence showing me he was stabbing another inmate. my sons cellmate as well as 150 inmates watched on in the yard as they fired. the inmates live in another whole world in there where the guards take it upon themselves to play duck duck goose!!!! with their lives. I SEEK JUSTICE AND PROOF!!!!!! i am currently looking into getting legal help and will NOT stop until i get what i need... and that is an ANSWER AND THE TRUTH!!!
ReplyDeleteI did the article did you see it ? Joe
ReplyDeletehello joe, yes i do see the article. thank you very much for reposting the article. anytime someone hears of an inmate shooting in prison, they feel justice was served. NOT TRUE!!!! my son was serving his sentence and accepted that his action took the life of his young friend. i want people to understand that , they are still someones child and the prison basically just called us and said. your son is dead, you will need to claim him ( like he was luggage) at the morgue. i paid for all fees for that morgue as well as a flight for my son to be flown home AS CARGO!!!!. the state took him 15 hours from me , i feel they should of at least sent my son home to me at their expense. as well, we were told from a prison official that our son was shot in the body. once my son got flown in and picked up here in san diego from our mortuary, we were then called and told " HE WILL NEED A BEANNIE!!!. can you imagine what that made me feel like!! no mother on this world wants to hear they have to bury their son with a beannie on. not only that but they didnt even fix his head. they sent him home with a crushed skull from the shot of the mini 14 they used to shoot with. my mortuary had to reconstruct his forehead as best as they could for our viewing day. the beannie didnt hide much, because when you viewed my son from the side, you could see it was him. from a standing front look, MY SONS EYE SOCKET HUNG TO THE SIDE AND DEFORMED!!!. and i have pictures to prove this. NOW AFTER HEARING THIS>>> would.nt you want to know WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR CHILD!!!! i want closure for me and my family. we are now 8 months down the road still sitting here wondering what happened and feel they just want us to take it and shut up.... WELL NOT THIS MOTHER!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow that's wild, hard to believe they sent him back messed up like that!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you had to go through that , if you want you could e-mail the pictures of your son ? I would put them on my blog and on his story it would be rather SHOCKING to most people ? warpony2310@yahoo.com Only if your ok with it ? It would be a shocking story sonjia !
i am ok with sending you the pictures. people need to see what the prisons hide from the world. i also am part of a support group called mothers with a message and i attend this with marcellas mom lisa ortiz. marcella is the victim you speak of who was killed at the party. both she and i have came together to share our suffering , pain and grief we have endured of losing a child. our testimony together has become very empowering down here in san diego. we are scheduled at many organizations to teach and share our suffering so other children and parents will not have to endure what we have. we comfort each other. IS THAT NOT A BLESSING AND GODS WORK AT HAND!!! i will be sharing my sons pics to all young teens so they can see reality and hopefully dont chose to go down the same road as my son did. we recently went on a radio show to share a mothers message and i would like to share this link with you as well in hopes you can place an article regarding marcellas mom forgiving my son and the support we are now offering each other and to others.
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I am a friend of Marcella's from High School you will NEVER know what a wonderful soul and HUMAN BEING your son took from this world all cause he was throwing a fit!! He didn't have to shoot ANYONE nobody was harming him, was THAT fair that she did nothing to him yet he decided it was ok to just shoot into a crowd of people who were unaware just minding their own business? Also I have watched how you brought his little girl in the courtroom to beg for him to not go to prison, it's obvious the apple does not fall far from the tree, do you have any idea or consideration for that matter of how scarring thay can be for a child to be told all this at a young age and sit in a courtroom to HEAR the details of what her dad did? all because her father is a spoiled little brat? You have got to be kidding me, just how you did not want your son to be sentenced because YOU felt he knew what he had done and blah blah blah LEAVE IT ALONE THEN you didn't care for Marcella's family gettin justice for their daughter, oh but you want to demand it for yours when HIS crime was totally uncalled for and unnecessary at least HERE the officials WARNED and were trying to prevent him from takin yet ANOTHER life, YOU'RE A SICK PERSON . Your son shot into a crowd of people who weren't doing anything to him who were just enjoying each others company what was the need for that was he trying to save someone? Was he trying to save a life? NO! Nobody and I mean NOBODY should ever have to bury a child and although as painful as it is to say I AM sorry for your loss but you cannot be a hypocrite nor make it seem as a double standard after the crime he committed... I MISS YOU MARCELLA
ReplyDeleteAmbar. I am very sorry you lost your friend. But for you to come in here and post info you know nothing about is pure ridiculousness. What you heard in the courtroom was not the true story AT ALL!!! my son did not have a fit and never left the party. Yes he fired into a car. Not a crowd of people like you say. No one was minding their own business when they all joined in and kicked him too. Everyone watched a fight that they could of all stopped. My son did not bring that gun. Another kid did who thought he could show off and my son grabbed it from him. If you would pay attention to the reports. You would see a shot fired as my son was getting up from the ground. And as for me having my granddaughter in the court, yes she was young and no she did not get traumatized, she was already seeing him in jail and understood why he was there. Her mother was comfortable with her there and that's all that matters. And by the way, I did not beg for no prison time you idiot. I asked for leniency.. Big difference little girl. And let me bring you up to date on me and Lisa. Lisa has forgiven my son and both she and I spend time together at beaches and are now part of mothers with a message and spend alot of time talking to others on the dangers of drinking, guns, and party's. Your pain and grief is respected and I'm sorry for your loss, however your negative comments and pure lies are deeply not needed. Me and Lisa have come together and are trying to get a message to these kids and we would both appreciate you keeping your negative comments to yourself. My son was paying for his crime and no he was not taking a life in prison. It was a fight and that's how prisons are. But for my son to be killed the way he was by a correctional officer was truly inhuman and I will not be quiet for you nor anyone else who feels justice was served, and Lisa stands beside me on this. If you wanna comment on this, feel free to. Just beaware I will no longer be quiet in the back.my justice for my son will not be overlooked just because he was convicted and was a criminal. HE WAS STILL MY SON LITTLE GIRL!!!! AND I WILL NOT STOP SEEKING JUSTICE!!!
DeleteMama why do you even fed into these people and the comments..We know what happend,we know that chris committed this crime and he was serving his sentence. I agree with you I wouldn't stop fighting for justice for chris, he deserves justice too. But leave these people who THINK they know whats going on alone. CLEARLY if that person was so close to Marcella they should have went and talked to her mother. If you guys are doing the mother with a message together to talk about the story,her friends shouldn't be attacking chris and his story. marcella got justice,now chris needs his justice. I'm so proud of you mom for being so strong and fighting for chris and you know I'ma here for you if you need anything I love you guys. MAY BOTH SOULS REST IN PARADISE
ReplyDeleteAmbar this is sonjias daughter my brother told me the whole story so do dont talk crap ok cause my brother chris didnt mean no harm to marcella and everybody else at that party it was a party of course something always happens at a party christopher is not the one who had the gun his friend did andwe all know marcella was a good person so was christopher so dont u call my mom a hypocrite ok im sorry for u loss
ReplyDeleteI hope I can explain this without offending anyone, but hopefully gain support from anyone who knew Chris and/or Cella. As Marcella's mom, yes shocked and devastated doesn't seem to cover what family and friends go through when a child or young person dies. I made a choice a long time ago that I wanted to forgive whoever killed Marcella, before I knew who Chris was. I did it for two reasons, the first was that I didn't want to be consumed with hate for anyone, that's a hard life. Second was that Marcella was gone, now I had to find a way to make sure it was not for nothing. The only way I knew how was to educate other kids and parents about what's going on in our country with kids killing kids. Also with kids believing the lie about what's cool or about what really happens to young men who are convicted for murder, they forfeit their life and nobody ever see's them again. Along the way I got to know Sonjia and more about how she and Chris really felt about what happened the night Marcella was killed. Now Sonjia and I go out together and tell others anything we can to protect these kids from the killing in the streets and from the lies that are glamorized. We're two mothers that love and miss our son and daughter, who hurt but are willing to fight together to make a change, so that others don't go through what we went through. Sonjia has been a comfort and strength for me and I'm sincerely saddened about the harsh awakening that Chris had to go through and that he was also tragically killed. There are no winning sides, we all lose in this game, because mothers bare and raise our babies hoping they will be successful and happy. No has a baby and thinks that they'll ever have to bury them. I would like to ask that all the anger be put to good use by supporting Sonjia and I to ensure the Cella and Chris didn't die in vain. We reach out to kids to make sure that other parents, families and friends don't go through what Sonjia and I went through as mothers. We know too many mothers like us and we want to put an end to all of it. Lisa Ortiz
ReplyDeleteSusanville guards are known (as far as I'm concerned)for being hot headed an ignorant...How do I come to this conclusion, very , very easily.You see , I was an inmate at this the most prejudice institutions ever imagined. I am presently writting a book about such an episode that happened 1977..please look for it soon. "Susanville the place not to be" especially if your not white.
ReplyDeleteMy deepest condolences to Sonjia and Lisa . May both your children rest in paradise!
ReplyDeleteHas your book been written? I would like to get focused on that prison. I need to know what happened to my son christopher
ReplyDeletehello george, i wanted to ask you if your book is ready for reading?
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