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Inmate stabs fellow inmate to death in Alexander County
An inmate stabbed another inmate to death Wednesday night at the Alexander Correctional Institution.
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TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. — An inmate stabbed another inmate to death Wednesday night at the Alexander Correctional Institution.
According to the Department of Public Safety, Christopher Parker, 33, was stabbed with a homemade weapon around 10 p.m. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 11:51 p.m.
That section of the prison was placed on a temporary lockdown. The stabbing is under investigation.
Another stabbing occurred days before at the Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor, when an inmate stabbed a sergeant with a homemade weapon.
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