Inmate at Jefferson City prison accused of stabbing corrections officer
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was charged with several felonies after he allegedly stabbed a corrections officer on Feb. 29, 2024.
Gary Owen Miller, 50, was charged in Cole County with first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of violence toward a DOC employee and two counts of having a weapon at a prison. A court date has not been set.
The probable cause statement says that the corrections officers was picking up food trays when Miller stabbed him with a 37-inch long, prison-made weapon. The officer was stabbed in his upper abdomen/lower chest, the statement says.
Another corrections officer searched Miller and allegedly found another prison-made weapon that was 9-inches long, the statement says.
DOC filings show that Miller is serving an 80-year sentence for charges including second-degree murder, first-degree assault, kidnapping and first-degree burglary.