Mark Capps, a four-time Grammy-winning audio engineer, was shot dead in an encounter at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday by the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT). Capps allegedly held his wife and stepdaughter captive at gunpoint and threatened to kill them. 

Nashville police confirmed that the 57-year-old was killed during the encounter on Thursday at the hands of a Metro Nashville police officer. The incident took place at Capp’s home in the Hermitage neighborhood, a spokesperson of Nashville police confirmed. 

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Capps’s wife, 60, and his step-daughter, 23, told the police that Capps had held them captive at gunpoint since Thursday. The police also released a statement elaborating on what happened and under what conditions. 

Who was Mark Capps? 

Mark Capps was born on December 1, 1968, in Nashville. He was the son of former Grand Ole Opry house guitarist Jimmy Capps. Having been born into a musical family, Capps was exposed to the art of music-making while he was still a child.

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For engineering Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra recordings in 2005, 2006, and 2007, he was thrice the joint-winner of the Grammy Award for Best Polka Album.

According to a Variety report, the producer was wanted by the police in Nashville for aggravated assault and kidnapping warnings. Since his arrest, Nashville police have released a statement saying that Capps’ wife and daughter found time to inform them about the situation when he fell asleep. 

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“The victims said that Capps awakened them at 3 a.m., gathered them in the living room at gunpoint, and refused to allow them to leave,” Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metro Nashville Police said.

He allegedly continuously threatened to murder them if they tried to phone anybody, but they were able to flee when he went to sleep, according to the police report. They went to the police, and later that day arrest warrants were issued.