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CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man, already convicted for his part in Chris Bagley’s fatal stabbing, testified a Marion man was “screaming” as he stabbed Bagley in the torso, stomach and slashed his neck while another man held him down.

Paul Hoff, 46, who continued his testimony from Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of Andrew Shaw, said he didn’t know his friend was going to be killed during those early morning hours of Dec. 14, 2018.

Drew Wagner, who held Bagley down during the attack, told Hoff he and Johnny Blahnik Church — formerly known as Drew Blahnik — were going to beat Bagley up because he had been robbing Shaw of drugs and money.

Hoff’s version of events varied from that o

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