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Inmate dies after being attacked by other prisoners at California max-security lockup, officials say

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a California prison inmate has died after he was stabbed several times by two other prisoners. State prison officials say 38-year-old David Moreno was attacked Wednesday morning at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. Authorities say he died on the way to a hospital less than an hour later. They say three inmate-made weapons have been seized. Two inmates are under investigation. Both already were serving life sentences for murder. Authorities say Moreno was sent to the maximum-security prison in 2004 from Los Angeles County to serve a life sentence with the possibility of parole for attempted murder.

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