Virginia: Inmate, MS-13 gang member who killed K-9 dog, stabs two corrections officers

Two Virginia corrections officers at Greensville Correctional Center were stabbed by an inmate and alleged MS-13 gang member.

Axel Wilfredo Ortiz Garcia, 26, is accused of attacking the two officers at 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday.

The two officers were transported to a hospital for treatment. Both officers were later discharged.

Ortiz Garcia has also been charged for killing a K-9 dog named Rivan and attacking a Sussex I State Prison corrections officer in April. Ortiz Garcia was one of four inmates who attacked another inmate before going after the officer and K-9 dog that responded to the attack.

Ortiz Garcia was being temporarily detained at Greensville Correctional Center pursuant to a court order issued by Sussex County Circuit Court related to the prosecution of the violent April attack.

Due to his maximum-security status, the VADOC had been seeking a reconsideration of that ruling.

Ortiz Garcia is a Guatemalan national who was incarcerated following convictions in 2018 in Richmond City Circuit Court for aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. He was sentenced to 40 years with 27 suspended for the first charge, and three years for the second, which made his total sentence for 16 years.

The Virginia Department of Corrections will work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to fulfill a detainer for Ortiz Garcia’s deportation following completion of his sentence.

The investigation by VDOC related to Tuesday’s stabbing is ongoing.

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