Grammy winning recording An engineer accused of holding his wife and daughter-in-law at gunpoint died Thursday afternoon in Nashville after SWAT team members shot him. variety report.
Police shot 54-year-old Mark Capps. He was armed at the door and wanted for aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping warrant at the time of his death. local report.
he was the son of the late guitarist Jimmy Cappsa member of the Musicians Hall of Fame, Grand Ole OpryIn charge of lead guitar in the house band.
Capps took his 60-year-old wife and 23-year-old daughter to the family room and held them at gunpoint around 3 a.m., said Metro Police spokesman Don Aaron. news channel 5“He told them that if they called anyone he would kill them,” Aaron said. I was very frightened.”
As he fell asleep around dawn, police said, a SWAT team arrived at his home in Nashville after the warrant was issued at 1:55 p.m.
“Shortly after the arrest warrant was issued, SWAT was prepared in case he barricaded himself inside,” Aaron said. “He came to the door with a gun. Fatally shot.Since then learned that there are cameras monitoring the outside of the house.He may have seen them often outside the residence.They were wearing SWAT gear. It clearly indicated that he was a member of the police force.”
A member of a well-known Nashville musical family, Capps worked with numerous country and gospel artists. His website discography lists many collaborators including Neil Diamond, The Chicks, Brooks & Dunn, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton-John and the Isaacs, Big & Rich, and Barry Manilow.
according to varietyas indicated on his social media, Capps was fatally shot two days after his brother died.
