Man In Jail For Murder Brutally Assaults His Inmate For The Hell Of It

11 days after the group home killing in April 2021, MCSO records show Christopher Lambeth allegedly attacked and injured another inmate, seemingly unprovoked.

The video starts with two inmates being walked into a holding cell. It ends with blood on the floor.

In a public records request, the 12News I-Team recently received audio and video of an alleged attack at the Lower Buckeye Jail on April 23, 2021.

In the video, you can see one inmate jump up off of a bench and start punching and kicking another inmate, seemingly out of nowhere. That inmate, accused of throwing the punches, is Christopher Lambeth.

He was arrested on April 12, 2021, after he allegedly murdered his housemate, Steven Howells, at the Tilda Manor group home on Wildhorse Drive in Gilbert.

On April 23, 2021, 11 days after the group home killing, MCSO records show that Lambeth and the other inmate in his cell were just released from the mental health unit. The two men were in the process of being transferred from Lower Buckeye Jail to Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix.

There is no audio with the video, but you can see Christopher Lambeth sitting in the holding cell with the other inmate for about 17 minutes before Lambeth allegedly jumps up and starts attacking the other inmate.

The attack went on for about two minutes and 20 seconds before Lambeth lies down, seemingly complying with a guard’s order to stop.

In an audio recording after the attack, the victim told an investigator that he didn't know Christopher Lambeth and that he didn't say anything before he started throwing punches.