A South Carolina corrections officer was stabbed in the head by an inmate on Thursday morning, officials said. 

A spokesperson for the South Carolina Department of Corrections told Fox News Digital the incident happened at the Broad River Correctional Institute in Columbia around 10 a.m. 

MULTIPLE DEPUTIES INJURED IN GUNFIGHT WITH SUSPECT IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TOWN

The officer was being treated at a local hospital and his injuries are not life-threatening, the spokesperson said. 

The circumstances surrounding the stabbing are unclear at this time.

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Broad River Correctional Institute would not comment on the stabbing when reached by Fox News Digital. 

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — It’s been more than two years since the tragic loss of Big Stone Gap police officer Michael Chandler. On June 12, a South Carolina man pled guilty to federal charges in connection to Chandler’s murder and a wide-ranging drug conspiracy.

According to a release, 36-year-old Michael Donvian White pled guilty to the following eight counts in connection to Chandler’s murder:

• Causing the death of a person using a firearm, which killing was first-degree murder, in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime
• Conspiring to distribute or possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine
• Using a place for the purpose of distributing or using a controlled substance
• Using a communication facility in committing any felony-controlled substance offense,
• Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
• Possession of a stolen firearm
• Possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and using
• Brandishing and discharging that firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime

On Nov. 13, 2021, around 4:30 a.m., Officer Chandler was called to the 2500 block of Orr Street, in Big Stone Gap, aka “The Red House.” When Chandler arrived, he encountered a vehicle outside the house.

Court records show that Chandler requested backup and told dispatch, “This car is taking off on me.” Inside the car, White told a woman to drive off, because there were drugs inside and he didn’t want to go back to jail. That’s when the woman began driving away, but then stopped and got out of the car.

At the same time, White attempted to flee the scene, but the car got stuck in the grass. As the incident continued, Officer Chandler approached the driver’s side and White fired a pistol eight times through the window hitting Chandler.

He was rushed to the hospital where he later died.

As the investigation unfolded, White was later arrested at a motel in Kingsport, Tennessee, where officers also located the pistol.

Court documents uncovered that at the beginning of August 2021 and after White’s arrest in October 2022, he and 18 other defendants participated in a conspiracy to distribute over 15 kilograms of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl.

“First, let me say our prayers for healing go out to the family of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler. At the core of this tragic event is a previously convicted felon getting illegal access to a firearm,” said ATF Washington Field Division Special Agent in Charge Craig Kailimai. “It is our hope that Mr. White receives a lengthy sentence that holds him accountable for every one of his criminal acts. Keeping our communities safe and supporting our fellow law enforcement partners is what drives ATF in the fight against violent crime.”

“Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler died serving his community. The men and women among us who swear the oath and put on the badge keep all of us safe,” United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh said today. “While nothing we do in a courtroom can ever bring Michael back, our hope is that today’s guilty plea brings some semblance of peace to his family, friends, and brethren in law enforcement that today, justice was done.”

Western leaders have agreed to the concept of using the interest from frozen Russian financial assets to help support Ukraine fight Russia and rebuild after the lengthy war.

But they’re still working out the details of exactly how and when to distribute the roughly $3 billion in annual interest. Those negotiations are at the top of the agenda for the G7 leaders’ summit in Puglia, Italy.

What are the frozen Russian assets and how much are they worth?

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western governments froze about $300 billion in Russian assets — including money, securities, gold and bonds — held mainly in banks in Europe.

Leaders of the G7 economies have agreed to use the interest generated by the assets — about $3 billion per year — to help Ukraine buy weapons for its fight against Russia and rebuild after the war.

What are the sticking points?

The United States and European countries have different proposals for distributing the money.

Scheherazade Rehman, a professor of international finance at George Washington University, explained it in simple terms.

“The Europeans would like to transfer them to Ukraine yearly or every two years, so spread it out. The Americans, however, want to find a way to get this money very quickly to Ukraine all at once,” Rehman said.

The European proposal would see about $3 billion a year go to Ukraine, and only interest from a certain part of the frozen Russian assets — $190 billion held by a company called Euroclear in Belgium — would be shared.

The U.S., on the other hand, wants to give $60 billion to Ukraine up front, because Ukraine’s need on the battlefield is dire. Officials have said the interest generated from the frozen Russian assets would go toward paying back that money.

Rehman said Washington has the weaker hand in the debate because only about $5 billion of the $300 billion in Russian assets are held in the United States — and European nations are concerned about how they would be paid back for a big initial lump sum.

Will the G7 reach an agreement by the end of the summit?

It’s hard to say what this agreement will look like in its final form — but officials familiar with the planning have told reporters that President Biden is going to make a final push to secure a deal.

The agreement will likely be some sort of compromise between the European and U.S. proposals. But Rehman said recent elections in countries like France and Germany may also affect discussions.

“Europeans really have to get their act together at this G7 meeting because they’re on shaky ground just because of the European parliamentary elections that just took place where the hard right has now got a historic toehold,” she said.

“The Europeans are coming into this with very different footing than if this was 10 days ago.”

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