Grammy-winning engineer Mark Capps shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting in Nashville

Metro police fired on 53-year-old Mark Capps who was wanted on two counts of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping warrants involving his wife and stepdaughter.

Mark Capps was the son of Grammy-winning songwriter, Jimmy Capps. Mark Capps was a Grammy-winning engineer in his own right.

An armed Hermitage man who was wanted for kidnapping and holding his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint was killed by a Metro Nashville SWAT officer on Thursday.

On Thursday afternoon, the incident with the shooting took place on Summit Run Place. The SWAT officer opened fire on Mark Capps, who was 54 years old and sought for kidnapping and aggravated assault at the time of the incident.

Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Metro Police Department, claimed that the criminal activity started about three in the morning on Thursday. Aaron reported that Capps’ wife, who was 60 years old, and his stepdaughter, who was 23 years old, were forced awake at gunpoint and led into a family room. According to the authorities, Capps informed the women that he would murder them if they tried to get help or if they ran away from the house.

Aaron claimed that sometime after sunrise, Capps dozed out, allowing the women to escape and report the incident to the authorities. At that time, warrants for Capps’ arrest were issued by the authorities.

On Thursday afternoon, a SWAT squad responded to the location at 128 Summit Run Place. According to Aaron, Capps answered the door armed with a gun, and a SWAT team member opened fire, resulting in Capps’ death.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that it will be conducting an investigation into the shooting that involved a law enforcement officer and that it has sent special agents to the scene.