BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — California prison officials are investigating the death of an inmate who was serving a life sentence for murder after he was attacked by two other inmates on Friday.
The attack took place at Kern Valley State Prison on March 7 in a facility dayroom at around 5:47 p.m., California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials said in a statement.
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According to CDCR, officers saw two inmates — identified as Gilbert Garcia and Rodolfo Cortez — attack German M. Merino, 37, with an improvised weapon. Officers stopped the attack and Merino was treated in a prison triage area. Merino was pronounced dead at the facility less than an hour later.
Garcia and Cortez were placed in restricted housing and an investigation into the incident is underway.
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