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Corrections Officer

Gregory Guy Collins

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Correction — Baltimore, MD

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch June 4, 2001

Age 31

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Corrections Officer Greg Collins was shot and killed by a former inmate in retaliation for a perceived grievance after completing his shift at the Eastern Correctional Institution.

Officer Collins finished an overtime shift at midnight began to drive home. He was driving on Indiantown Road in Vienna, approximately two miles north of Route 50, when he was shot one time in the back of the head. His vehicle veered off the road and into a wooded area. When he did not return home, his wife reported him missing. His vehicle was discovered in the woods, still in gear and with its ignition still on, and riddled with four bullet holes.

His murder remained unsolved until 2019 when tips led investigators to a former inmate of the Eastern Correctional Institution. In a recorded conversation, the man confirmed that he killed Officer Collins in retaliation for what was said when he had been incarcerated. On June 7th, 2021, the man was convicted of Officer Collins' murder. In November 2021 the man was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole and admitted that he killed Officer Collins.

Officer Collins was a United States Marine Corps and Maryland National Guard veteran who served three years with the Maryland Division of Correction.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, and father.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Corrections Officer Collins gave the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Maryland. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Correction

Location Baltimore, MD

Platform Identity mdpscsdcdps.baltimore.md.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 4, 2001

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 31

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Life without parole plus 25 years

Military Service

Gregory Guy Collins served in the Marine Corps (1989â1993) before joining law enforcement.

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Corrections Officer Gregory Guy Collins is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MD, 195 of 377 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 51.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.5 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Correction, 6 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - Division of Correction

of 6 officers

100% Felonious

MD — Statewide

195

of 377 officers

51.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious