Reports said he had cut himself on January 25 at the prison in Stradishall, near Newmarket.
Farndon's injuries were bad enough that he later had to be taken to hospital for treatment.
He arrived in a taxi with one male and one female police guard, who he was handcuffed to.
Outside A&E, the gunman pointed his weapon at the female guard's head and insisted Farndon be freed.
The pair then ran off across the car park and may have escaped in a dark-coloured vehicle.
Sky News understands it is not the first time Farndon, who is serving time after he was found guilty of grievous bodily harm following an attack that left his victim with a fractured skull, has escaped from custody.
During a court appearance in connection with the GBH charge, he leapt the dock and was on the run from court for a time.
However, Farndon was a category C prisoner, who was considered unlikely to make a determined escape attempt.
In his latest escape, Suffolk Police said they were contacted just before 7pm by the hospital's A&E staff who reported they could see a man with a gun outside.
They received a second call shortly after from the escorting prison officers, who said they had a gun pulled on them by a man who had confronted them.
No one was hurt in the incident.
Farndon is the second prisoner to escape from custody this week. Murder suspect John Anslow is still on the run after the prison van he was being transported in was ambushed by three masked men on January 23.
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