Authorities investigating inmate homicide at Kern Valley State Prison

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating the decease of an inmate arsenic a homicide.

Officials accidental 43-year-old Gilbert Garcia and 33-year-old Rodolfo Cortez were seen attacking different inmate conscionable earlier 6 p.m. Friday successful the day-room astatine the Kern Valley State Prison.

Staff intervened, stopped the onslaught and began administering attraction to the victim.

37-year-old German Merino was taken to the prison's triage and attraction area, wherever helium aboriginal died.

Investigators did retrieve an improvised limb astatine the scene.

Both Garcia and Cortez are present successful restricted lodging arsenic the probe into the incidental continues.