Man sentenced 15 years for firing six shots in 2024 Columbia road rage incident
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty in September to firing six shots at another man last year during a fit of road rage.
Nathan Griffin, 34, pleaded guilty on Sept. 12 in Boone County court to first-degree assault and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon. Prosecutor Roger Johnson said Griffin must serve 85% of his sentence before being eligible for parole. He is currently being held at the Boone County Jail.
Court documents in previous reporting say Griffin was accused in two road rage incidents in the span of a couple of days in May 2024. Griffin allegedly almost crashed into a student driver’s vehicle on May 12, 2024, on Grindstone Parkway. An adult in the vehicle told the child to pull into a parking lot in the 3200 block of Rock Quarry Road, and Griffin followed them, documents in previous reporting say.
The man in the vehicle got out of the car to separate the children in the vehicle from himself and Griffin allegedly sped toward the man and fired six shots, previous reporting says. Police found all six shell casings and video footage from a church appeared to line up with the victim’s story, previous reporting shows.
Griffin allegedly admitted to shooting at the man and driving away when he was detained by police.