Biography
Richard Bunch was a young stockade prisoner at the Presidio of San Francisco whose killing triggered the "Presidio 27" mutiny protest. On October 11, 1968, a guard shot him in the back with a shotgun as he walked away from a work detail. His death outraged the other prisoners, twenty-seven of whom staged a sit-down protest three days later and were charged with mutiny.
The Congressional Record account identifies Bunch as a prisoner under armed guard when he was killed on October 11, 1968. That date is recorded as death in custody, not an actual release; the existing 25-day custody counter remains unchanged. Source.
Case
Presidio Stockade
