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A home­less man accused of fatal­ly stab­bing two peo­ple inside a Cal­i­for­nia church over the week­end was deport­ed three times and nev­er turned over to fed­er­al immi­gra­tion offi­cials before the attack, despite mul­ti­ple arrests and con­vic­tions for vio­lent crimes, author­i­ties said Wednesday.

On Sun­day, Fer­nan­do De Jesus Lopez-Gar­cia, 32, alleged­ly stabbed five peo­ple inside the Grace Bap­tist Church in San Jose. A man died at the scene and a woman lat­er died at a hos­pi­tal, San Jose Police Chief Edgar­do Gar­cia said Wednes­day dur­ing a news conference.