18-year-old Felon Robert Turner called officers to a Kingview Drive residence and stated a group of individuals aimed a firearm at him inside the Clarksville Pike Kroger on June 29th. A responding officer spoke to potential witnesses at Kroger, who advised them that Turner was walking inside the establishment with a firearm. Multiple witnesses stated that Turner said that he would shoot the weapon. When officers reviewed camera footage, it showed Turner holding a gun in his right hand and walking throughout the store waving the gun in the air. Then, officers discovered Turner was placed on probation for motor vehicle burglary, which he violated on February 13th. Turner was then detained and Mirandized. Under Miranda, he stated that after he saw the group of individuals, he asked his friend for their firearm. Turner said he brandished the gun for protection when he saw the group brandish their weapons toward him. Turner was then taken into custody for being a felon in possession of a handgun. After booking Turner, DCSO personnel advised officers that they located ammunition on his person. Turner was additionally charged with contraband inside a penal institute.
Robert Turner was booked into the Metro Nashville Jail on June 29th, charged with felon in possession of a handgun and contraband in a penal institution. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $50,000.
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