Columbia man accused of jabbing victim with railroad spike during Hartsburg assault
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man has been charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly attacked another man with a railroad spike on Thursday.
Colby McKee, 35, is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A court date has not been scheduled.
The probable cause statement says deputies were called to a Hartsburg intersection about an assault. The victim claimed they were a passenger in a vehicle. When they approached Snowy Hills Lane at Christian School Road, McKee allegedly blocked the road with his truck, pulled the victim out of the vehicle and assaulted them.
McKee allegedly punched the victim in their mouth about 10-15 times before jabbing him in his back with a railroad spike, court documents say. The deputy noted several injuries to the victim in the probable cause statement. The victim also told the deputy they lost consciousness during the attack.
Deputies interviewed McKee at his Columbia home, where he claimed he bought cigarettes at a Sunoco location with his wife, the statement says. McKee then claimed the victim and another person with the had made a rude gesture at him and he left, court documents say.
Police reviewed video where McKee allegedly talked with one of the people at the gas station, but his wife was not with him and the rude gesture was not made, the deputy wrote. The person who drove the victim allegedly told deputies that McKee had called him to tell him not to hang out with the victim, the statement says.
While speaking with McKee, the deputy noted McKee’s shirt had red and brown stains on it, but McKee allegedly told the deputy the stains were from wood staining, the statement says.