According to officials from the Kern Valley State Prison, former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is alleged to have killed his cellmate, Damion Soward, over the weekend, per R. Stickney of NBC San Diego.
Mark Powell of the The Bakersfield Californian posted a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation regarding Soward's death:
Former NFL and college running back Lawrence Phillips a suspect in Kern Valley State Prison homicide, the CDCR says. pic.twitter.com/04EAW175yE
— Mark Powell (@MDP_Tweets) April 13, 2015
In 2009, Phillips was sentenced to 31 years in prison for striking three teenagers with his car and assaulting his girlfriend.