Christopher Allen (left) and Paul Johnson

An inmate who was less than two years away from his release date was fatally stabbed by two other inmates Tuesday at the Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs.

Alabama Department of Corrections said James Edwards Rogers, 41, was attacked in a dorm by two inmates with makeshift knives at 2 p.m. Rodgers was taken to the infirmary for emergency treatment, but he died soon after the attack. Bullock was placed on lock down after the stabbing.

Authorities detained 19-year-old Paul Johnson and 35-year-old Christopher Hand after the incident, ADOC said. A motive for the stabbing is unknown at this time.

Rodgers was scheduled to be released on December 2018, according to ADOC. He was sentenced to 21 years in 1998 for a first-degree robbery charge out of Jefferson County. He had 168 days of jail credit before his sentence.

Johnson was serving a three-year sentence for a 2015 first-degree robbery conviction in Mobile. Hand was sentenced to 25 years in 2008 for distributing a controlled substance and trafficking methamphetamine in Etowah County. Both men will be charged with murder for the fatal stabbing.