Metro Nashville Police say they responded to Summit Hospital late Wednesday night after 29-year-old Colton Collins was brought in for a drug overdose. A security officer recovered a firearm on Collins and contacted MNPD to collect the weapon. As Collins was being discharged, officers located him inside the room and placed him into custody for being a felon in possession of a firearm, citing Collins has at least two prior felony drug convictions.
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Colton Christopher Collins, of Riverside Drive in East Nashville, was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on July 14th, charged with felon in possession of a handgun. He is free on a $15,000 bond.
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