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DELANO — A convicted murderer has been stabbed to death at a California state prison, authorities said Friday.
Two inmates armed with a homemade weapon attacked Robert Hargrave Thursday afternoon in a recreational yard at Kern Valley State Prison, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Guards ordered the prisoners to stop and then used what were described as chemical agents to break up the attack.
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Hargrave was stabbed in his back, chest, and abdomen and died at a hospital.
There was no immediate word on what spurred the attack.
Hargrave, 48, was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder in Riverside County. He came to the prison in 1994.
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Two inmates are under investigation in connection with the killing, authorities said.
They were identified as Matthew Thornton, 38, who was admitted from San Diego County in 2009 to serve a 14-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder and Michael Arzaga, 47, who was received in 1998 from San Diego County to serve a life sentence with the possibility of parole for second-degree murder.
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