Charges filed against man accused in Benton-Stephens stabbing

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Three felony charges have been filed in Boone County against a man who was accused of stabbing someone at an apartment building in the Benton-Stephens area on Friday.

Grant Buxton, 44, of Columbia, was charged on Monday with first-degree degree, armed criminal action and drug possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Monday afternoon.

The probable cause statement says police were called to the 1600 block of Richardson Street for a report of an assault. Buxton allegedly told dispatchers that he got in a fight with his neighbor and stabbed him in self-defense, the statement says.

While he was being detained, Buxton allegedly told police that he and the neighbor had been arguing before the neighbor knocked on his door and asked for an air pump and a needle, the statement says. Buxton allegedly said “he wasn’t having it” and an argument started, the statement says. The neighbor started pulling Buxton’s hair and Buxton stabbed him, court documents allege.

The victim was founding laying on the ground in the parking lot while he was bleeding, the statement says. Officers noted seeing a lot of blood in various areas of the apartment.

An officer then asked Buxton if he stabbed the man in self-defense and he allegedly said he did not and was angry the victim attacked him, court documents allege.

Police eventually found drugs in Buxton’s apartment, court documents say.