Grammy-Winning Recording Engineer Shot and Killed by SWAT in Nashville - Rolling Stone

A Grammy-winning recording technologist accused of holding his woman and stepdaughter captive astatine gunpoint was killed aft a SWAT squad subordinate changeable him successful Nashville Thursday afternoon, Variety reports.

Police fired connected Mark Capps, 54, who was equipped successful his doorway and was wanted connected aggravated battle and aggravated kidnapping warrants astatine the clip of his death, according to local reports.

He was the lad of the precocious guitarist Jimmy Capps, a subordinate of the Musicians Hall of Fame and a portion of the Grand Ole Opry, playing pb guitar successful the location band.

Capps brought his 60-year-old woman and 23-year-old girl into their household country astatine gunpoint astatine astir 3 a.m., Metro Police spokesperson Don Aaron said, per News Channel 5. “He told them if they called someone, helium would termination them,” Aaron said. “They were highly frightened by him and his actions toward them successful not letting them leave.”

When helium fell dormant astir dawn, constabulary said, the 2 women fled the residence and went to the Hermitage precinct wherever officers took statements and placed warrants against Capps. After the warrants were issued astatine 1:55 p.m, the SWAT squad arrived astatine the Nashville home.

“Just aft the apprehension warrants were issued, SWAT was preparing successful the lawsuit helium barricaded himself inside,” Aaron stated. “He came to the doorway with a weapon successful hand. At that point, helium was fatally shot. We person since learned determination were cameras monitoring the extracurricular of the home. He whitethorn person good seen them extracurricular the residence. They were successful SWAT cogwheel and intelligibly marked to him arsenic members of the constabulary department.”

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Capps, who was portion of a well-known philharmonic household successful Nashville, worked with galore state and gospel artists. His discography connected his website lists Neil Diamond, the Chicks, Brooks & Dunn, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton-John and the Isaacs, Big & Rich, and Barry Manilow among galore different collaborators.

According to Variety, Capps was fatally changeable 2 days aft his member died, arsenic indicated by his societal media.