Inmate at Jefferson City prison accused of stabbing corrections officer

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.