Holts Summit man pleads guilty in 2024 hammer attack, sentenced to 13 years in prison
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Holts Summit man pleaded guilty on Friday to three felonies in a January 2024 hammer attack at a Columbia bar.
Kurtis Hoener pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault and one count of armed criminal action. He was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the charges.
Court documents in previous reporting say Hoener allegedly pulled out the hammer while speaking with the other man and an argument started Jan. 31, 2024, at Black and Gold Bar.
Hoener then hit two men with the hammer in the head and face several times and stood over one of them while hitting him “full force approximately eight more times,” court documents say.
The statement says Hoener then got on his motorcycle and left. Court documents note that he was not attacked in the video prior to hitting the men with a hammer.
Hoener was identified by the owner of the bar because he left his credit card at the establishment, court documents in previous reporting say.