Death row inmate killed in California prison as guards deploy blast grenades to control violent mob attack

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating aft a decease enactment inmate was killed astatine Kern Valley State Prison successful Delano connected Friday.

Convicted murderer Mario Renteria, 36, allegedly started beating chap inmate, Julian Mendez, 46, astatine astir 10:30 a.m. Friday, prompting situation unit to respond. 

Officers ordered them to get down, but the men failed to comply, according to a CDCR quality merchandise obtained by Fox News Digital.

Chemical agents initially stopped the attack, but much than 30 further inmates rushed Renteria and began striking him.

Julian Mendez was pronounced dormant aft the jailhouse attack. (CDCR)

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Orders to halt were ignored, and unit utilized aggregate blast grenades to quell the violence, according to CDCR.

Mendez suffered aggregate wounds, and life-saving measures were instantly taken. He was taken to the prison's triage and attraction area, wherever a doc pronounced him dormant astatine 11:05 a.m.

Prisoner Mario Renteria was allegedly the archetypal to onslaught the decease enactment inmate. (CDCR)

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Officials said an improvised limb was recovered astatine the scene, though the benignant of limb was unclear.

Renteria remains successful restricted lodging pending investigation, according to CDCR. 

Officials constricted colonisation question to facilitate the investigation by the prison's Investigative Services Unit and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. 

The Office of the Inspector General was notified, and the Kern County Coroner volition find Mendez’s authoritative origin of death.

The Kern Valley State Prison onslaught progressive much than 30 inmates successful Delano, Calif., connected Friday. (Kern Valley State Prison)

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Mendez was received from Riverside County connected Dec. 2, 2004, according to CDCR. He received a condemned condemnation successful 2002 for the first-degree execution of 2 teenagers.

CDCR said Renteria was received from Riverside County connected April 27, 2022, and was sentenced to beingness with the anticipation of parole for first-degree execution (a third-strike offense) and arson.

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Kern Valley State Prison opened successful 2005 and houses implicit 3,100 minimum- and high-security-custody inmates.