BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A 24-year-old man serving time for spraying irritants at Kern County sheriff's deputies and a K-9 was involved in a deadly attack on another inmate at California State Prison Solano, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Christian Dumas and Stephen J. Archer attacked Brenten G. Kinzenbaw in a recreation yard at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, prison officials said. Officers used chemical agents to stop the attack.

Kinzenbaw was taken to the prison's triage area, where he was pronounced dead at 8:15 a.m.

Dumas and Archer, 38, have been placed in restricted housing while the investigation continues. A homemade weapon was recovered, officials said.

Dumas arrived at the prison from Kern County on Nov. 8, 2024, to serve a sentence of eight

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