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Calif. inmate shot after prison attack

Stabbed another inmate and had to be stopped by being shot by a CO

By C1 Staff

SUSANVILLE, Ca. — An inmate at the High Desert State Prison has been shot by a corrections officer following an attack on another inmate.

According to KRCRTV, William Dye, 45, was shot after an incident at the facility.

Dye and another inmate attacked and stabbed a third inmate with a jail-made weapon.

Corrections officers responded to the scene and ordered the attackers to stop; when they did not comply, a rifle was fired and struck Dye in the abdomen.

Dye and the victim were transported to a hospital in Reno. There is currently no additional information about their condition.

Dye is currently serving a life sentence for a 2007 shooting during a drug deal in Chico.