Inmate from S. Tahoe attacks state prison guard

Sean Paul McIntire

A South Lake Tahoe man serving a life sentence at Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego is accused of attacking two guards.

Sean Paul McIntire, 35, hit an officer in the head and face on Jan. 27, the California Department of Corrections said Monday. 

A second officer was hurt as he tried to intervene. Neither guard sustained life-threatening injuries.

Prison guards used chemical agents, batons and physical force to subdue McIntire.

McIntire was sent to Donovan in March 2015 for the second-degree murder of Shirley Gordon. Gordon, 57, was found stabbed to death in August 2013 while sleeping on Wildwood Avenue in South Lake Tahoe.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report