A Grammy-winning Nashville music producer was shot and killed by police Thursday after he allegedly held his wife and stepdaughter hostage at gunpoint inside their home overnight.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department released partial body camera video showing SWAT officers descending on the home located on Summit Run Place in the Hermitage neighborhood that afternoon after the wife and stepdaughter managed to escape the residence. to a police precinct to report what supposedly happened.
Mark J. Capps, 54, was wanted on warrants issued shortly before 2 p.m. gunpoint overnight, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said in a critical incident update video.
The victims claimed that Capps woke them up at 3 a.m., gathered them in the living room of his home at gunpoint, and refused to let them leave. They said Capps repeatedly pointed a gun at them and told them multiple times that if they tried to call anyone, he would kill them and any police who showed up at the house, Aaron said.
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Mark Capps was a four-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum engineer/mixer/producer who worked with artists including The Chicks, Neil Diamond, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Brooks & Dunn and Barry Manilow, according to his website.
(Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
The victims said Capps eventually fell asleep, giving them the opportunity to flee the home with their pets. “They drove to the Hermitage compound and told the officers what Capps had done and that they were afraid of him,” Aaron added. “SWAT officers had found out about the case because Capps had access to his weapons and violent actions during the night.”
Nashville SWAT officer shoots through the glass door of the home of producer Mark Capps.
(Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
When three SWAT members tried to start working outside the house, “Capps opened the front door with a gun drawn,” Aaron said.
SWAT officer Kendall Coon, a 14-year veteran of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, yelled at Capps to show his hands. Coon considered Capps’s movements “posed an immediate imminent threat and fired,” Aaron said. Capps died at the scene.
Nashville police released body camera video showing Mark Capps’ pistol recovered from the scene.
(Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
Body cam footage shows a SWAT officer shooting through the outer glass door, causing it to break, before opening the front door and going inside.
Police also shared a screenshot video of Capps’s gun recovered from the scene.
The Nashville SWAT team approaches Mark Capps’s home with weapons drawn.
(Metropolitan Nashville Police Department)
According to Capps’ website, he was a four-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum engineer, mixer, and producer who worked with artists such as The Chicks, Neil Diamond, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Brooks & Dunn, and Barry Manilow. .
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“The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and this department conduct extensive use of force investigations,” Aaron said. “This investigation is in the early stages and will take time to complete. In the coming days, TBI and the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office will continue to investigate and review this incident. Per policy, the MNPD will also conduct an administrative review. of the tactics and interaction you just saw to ensure they meet the high standard expected of our officers.”
