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Police search for 63-year-old who escaped TDOC custody at Nashville hospital
Gregory Redden escaped from Nashville General Hospital around 2 p.m. Wednesday after getting out of handcuffs and leg shackles, police said. Metro Nashville police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol were searching for him that afternoon.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Metro Nashville police were searching Wednesday for a 63-year-old man who escaped from Tennessee Department of Correction custody at Nashville General Hospital, authorities said.
Gregory Redden got out of his handcuffs and leg shackles and left the hospital around 2 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The search, involving MNPD and the Tennessee Highway Patrol, was underway as of 4:30 p.m.
Police described Redden as 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 120 pounds, with blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and gray sweatpants.
MNPD said Redden was serving a prison sentence related to a 2010 aggravated robbery conviction. Police asked anyone who sees him to call the Department of Emergency Communications at 615-862-8600.