31-year-old inmate stabbed to death in McCormick prison

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MCCORMICK (AP) — An South Carolina inmate was stabbed to death Tuesday in a common area of a prison in McCormick County, authorities said.
Garrett Lemont Lyles Jr., 31, was stabbed several times with what appeared to be a homemade weapon at the McCormick Correctional Institution, the state Corrections Department said in a news release.
A nurse and officer provided first aid, but Lyles died at the prison, officials said.
Lyles was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2019 in Spartanburg County for possession of a weapon by a felon, according to court records.
A charge of firing a gun into a dwelling was dismissed at the same time, according to the records.
The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the killing.